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Atmosphere will be the fourth problem. We will have to carry air in
sealed bottles, because there is no air above in the space and we cannot

live without air. Both air and water will have to be carried along with

other necessaries of life.

Those who first land on the moon will not find it that interesting place

which it appears to be on a

moonlit night. It may be a
dry, deserted and dead world

where nothing grows. Men

who go there will enjoy the

earthlight as we enjoy the
moonlight here.

The problem of space travel

will be overcome in stages.
Space travel offers much

romantic possibility. Science

has brought many wonders

and if man succeeds in space
travel on a large scale, it will

open the mysteries of other

planets.

America’s Saturn rockets, Gemini’s and Surveyors, and Russia’s Sputniks,

Cosmoses, etc. are taking mankind nearer the conquest of moon. It is

now a matter of a couple of years of waiting to see the glorious day. The

research is already nearing completion.
by Apoorva Verma

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