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...alarmist, but these space travelers are going to bring an end to the world for the simple reason that they are overlooking a principle of physics familiar to any high-school boy, i.e., "action equals reaction." . . . The same principle would be involved in a space ship leaving earth. Smalt as it would be in relation to the earth's mass, the rocket blasts would be sufficient to knock the earth slightly out of kilter in the delicate balance between centrifugal force and gravitation which now keeps our planet from either whirling loose from the solar system or falling into...
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