The Man Who Sold the Moon Moses must have looked, when he gazed out over the promised land." The Man Who Sold the Moon is also the title of two collections of Heinlein's short stories. Both collections include "Let There Be Light", "The Roads Must Roll", and "Requiem"; the first also includes "Life-Line" and "Blowups Happen". Although the science fiction film "Destination Moon" is generally described as being based on Heinlein's novel "Rocket Ship Galileo", the story in fact bears a much closer resemblance to "The Man Who Sold the Moon". However, the technology of "The Man Who Sold the Moon" is very different: its rocket
First Men to the Moon investigating the interior of the moon using seismograph-equipped solid propellant rockets. According to WorldCat, the book is in 413 libraries. Floyd C. Gale said that the fictional moon trip was "highly detailed and absorbing", and praised the "exceptional" illustrations. He concluded that "Even the best grounded SF buff will find new and astonishing material over which to dream". First Men to the Moon First Men to the Moon is a novel by rocketry expert Wernher von Braun, published in 1960. It tells the story of John Mason and Larry Carter, fictional astronauts traveling to the moon. Von Braun's book is