Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-07-31 | Page 2 | Professor Says Rocket Trip to Moon, Back worth Hundred Million Dollars

Professor Says Rocket Trip to Moon Back Worth Hundred Million Dollars m Associated Cr I ANNAPOLIS S. S Md July 31 A 31 A trip to the moon find and back in a passenger passenger- carrying rocket in of oC W. W WI A A. A Conrad assistant Protes Professor or in mathematics at the United States Nn Nn- a vat val 1 academy is worth the cost of building two battleships about Of toOt course taken by itself it self sounds big he said But when you consider that is the cost of ot only two battleships you ou begin begin begin be be- gin to take it in and I for one think the ro rocket ket project would be worth as much as ns two battleships The big biggest obstacle he said Is the fuel problem It would take tons of or hydrogen hydrogen hy drogen and oxygen or of ot alcohol and oxygen to carry a ton ten payload to the moon Besides that problem those of dodging dodl dodging ing ine falling s stars en route and of overcoming overcoming over over- coming the fall m ing in-an in an fen ren- that would go o with being aboard a man manmade man made meteor are arc as nothing in Conrads Conrad's opinion I The first miles or so would be bethe bethe bel belthe the hardest he earth is covered by a layer of atmosphere about miles deep that gets ets thinner thin thin- ner ncr and thinner until there Is nothing I He explained the rocket passengers could drift around the moon moon taking pictures and then with a little of ot the fuel Cuel left eft start starl back The ship would case se in and out of or the atmosphere to cool oC off and then the passengers could take lake to their parachutes As for tor the benefits to be expected from the trip to the moon well he concluded the possible benefits of Columbus Columbus' trip looked as ns meager at the outset and the relative cost would be about the same I I