Engineering:Space travel in science fiction

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Short description: Themes in Science Fiction

Space travel[1]:69[2]:209-210[3]:511-512 or space flight[2]:200-201[4][5]:2103-2105 is a major classic theme in science fiction.[4]

The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction lists the following methods of spacecraft propulsion: anti-gravity, atomic (nuclear), bloater,[lower-alpha 1] cannon one-shot[lower-alpha 2], Dean, FTL, hyperspace, interialess, ion, photon, plasma, ram-jet, r. force[lower-alpha 3], solar sail, spindizzy and torchship. Many but not all are based on real scientific theories.[1]:8, 69-77

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Notes

  1. ↑ A term invented by Harry Harrison in his Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965)[1]:108
  2. ↑ A classic idea popularized in the 19th century by Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865)[1]:69
  3. ↑ A term invented by George Griffith in his A Honeymoon in Space (1901)[1]:108

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ash, Brian (1977) (in en). The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Harmony Books. ISBN 978-0-517-53174-7. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=-SUYAAAAIAAJ&q=Visual+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&dq=Visual+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prucher, Jeff (2007-05-07) (in en). Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-988552-7. https://books.google.co.kr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=lJCS0reqmFUC&oi=fnd&pg=PP2&dq=Earthling+%22science+fiction%22&ots=KE4DOV7mbX&sig=-9tCmvv4VkecamunSgQF0ZbCHwQ#v=onepage&q=Earthling%20%22science%20fiction%22&f=false. 
  3. ↑ Mann, George (2012-03-01) (in en). The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-78033-704-3. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=HWaeBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Mammoth+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Themes : Space Flight : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/space_flight. 
  5. ↑ Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter; Stableford, Brian M. (1999) (in en). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Orbit. ISBN 978-1-85723-897-6. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=duySQgAACAAJ&dq=he+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y. 




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