| Also a title in the enormously popular children's book series Tintin by
French author/illustrator Hergé. Destination Moon features
the lead characters Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus,
Thomson and Thompson, and others. It comprises the first half of a story continued
by Explorers On the Moon. Destination Moon covers the preparation
of the rocket, introduction of the characters, and the liftoff, but ends
before the group actually does a moonwalk. One of the more famous books in
the Tintin series, Destination Moon was published in 1950. It was referenced
in several later Tintin titles. The most interesting aspect of this book
is that it was written 19 years before the moon landing, well before the concept
was even considered feasable. Reading the book, one notices some outlandish
differences as well as startling similarities to the actual Apollo Program. |
