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FIRST MANNED SPACE STATION AND FORERUNNER OF GPS HALE, EDWARD EVERETT. The Brick Moon. in: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 24, pages 451-60, 603-11, 679-88; and Volume 25, pages 215-22. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 morocco gilt, extremities worn. Boston, 1869-70
first edition of the first fictional proposal for a manned space station and a primitive satellite navigation system. "Hale''s theory was that a satellite placed in orbit would serve as a navigational aid for sailors, permitting them to determine longitude accurately and easily"--Lilly Library, Science Fiction and Fantasy 18. Von Braun & Ordway, page 18.
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