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![]() How to destroy the entire Martian space fleet, parked on the surface of Mars?
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Suddenly Byron ordered the rocket motors on full blast astern and -
Our tiny craft shoved and strained against the speeding little moon.
We had only to check the moon's speed a trifle to upset its orbital balance - it began to spiral down.
Compare to rocket engine moves moon from The Space Dwellers (1929) by Raymond Z. Gallun, the asteroid rocket from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson, planetary propulsion blasts from Thundering Worlds (1934) by Edmond Hamilton, moving a planet from Triplanetary (1934) by EE 'Doc' Smith and move an asteroid from Misfit (1939) by Robert Heinlein. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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