Project Mars
a technical tale
by Wernher von Braun · first published 1971
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I think this book is "Project Mars - A Technical Tale" by Werner von Braun. It's cheaper on eBay, but not much. If you get a chance, read it. It's clearly of it's time, technically, but it definitely shows you a vision of what might have…
on “Elon Musk's first name shows up in 1953 book about colonizing Mars” ↗I confused things as there are two separate books with very similar titles by Braun, 'Project Mars' (ISBN - 0973820330) and 'The Mars Project' (ISBN - 0252062272). The first is sci-fi and the second is technical. Here's a pdf of Project Mars - http://www.wlym.com/archive/oakland/docs/MarsProject.pdf…
on “Elon Musk AMA” ↗Did you know that Wernher von Braun wrote a novel called "Project Mars: A Technical Tale" [0] in which the title for the leader of the Martians was "Elon"? So when you read something like "Elon for Elon" somewhere, you can rather understand it as "Elon for [martian] president"…
on “Aptronym” ↗Kind of an old school argument for behaving ethically. It does explain a few scenes in von Braun's book "Project Mars" where a main character drops to his knees and prays.
on “Dr. Warner Von Braun as You've Never Heard or Seen Before” ↗Check this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale A novel written by Werner Von Braun. Set on Mars. The ruler of Mars is "The Elon".
on “Curse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars” ↗So you are saying that Dr. Wernher von Braun's unpublished novel is still memorable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale...
on “Authors are accidentally leaving AI prompts in their novels” ↗> Popularised by von Braun in his 1949 sci-fi novel, Project Mars Von Braun's novel was written in 1949 but wasn't published until 2006. Perhaps the author means the technical appendix "The Mars Project" [0] which was published in 1952, which spawned a series of articles…
on “Where is my von Braun wheel?” ↗…Apparently the original German novel remains unpublished, but there is an English translation available. It’s set in 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale Check out the second link’s section about “the Elon”.
on “New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars” ↗What book is that? Edit: Found it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale
on “Quote Origin: I had exactly four seconds and Google had told me it wasn’t enough” ↗The name Elon comes from this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale Written by a former nazi paperclip scientist
on “Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally” ↗…NASA once it became clear the politicians were no longer interested in space after winning the space race. As an amusing anecdote, well before he was the head of Apollo, he also wrote a sci-fi book, "Project Mars: A Technical Tale." In it there was an advanced civilization living on Mars headed by a group of ten individuals who were, themselves, headed by "The Elon." --- Those who lack the ability to think big…
on “Congress moves to reject bulk of White House's proposed NASA cuts” ↗