Philosophy
Plot [Wikipedia]...
The story begins with Fiorello Bodoni, a poor junkyard owner, who spends his nights admiring nearby rocket launches bound for the Moon, Venus and Mars. After six years, he has finally saved enough money to send one of his family members to Mars. However, when he presents the opportunity to his wife and children, they quickly realize that none could bear the guilt of experiencing such a wonderful journey while the rest stay behind. Bodini dejectedly returns to his business, but after a stroke of luck, is offered the chance to purchase a mock-up rocket.
He decides to spend his savings on the mock-up and secretly spends the night building a replica rocket with a theater in the cabin using color film, mirrors and screens. He then excitedly tells his family that they will all be able to make the journey to Mars and back. Despite his wife's hesitations, he takes his children on a convincing trip to outer-space, one that they say they will "remember... for always."
In the end, his wife realizes what a wonderful memory he has given their children, even though the rocket never left the ground, and agrees to share a short trip in the rocket with him in the future.
Audio presentation...
NBC Short Story's The Rocket by Ray Bradbury [1952]
NBC Presents: Short Story [Wikipedia]
- Delta Iv Heavy Rocket Slips A Spy Satellite Into Orbit
"America's biggest rocket blasts off, likely carrying spy satellite" by W.J. Hennigan August 28th, 2013 Los Angeles Times A 235-foot-tall rocket carrying a top-secret spy satellite roared to life and blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
- First Female Rocket Scientist...mary Sherman Morgan
"Remembering the US's first female rocket scientist" July 17th, 2013 BBC World News In 1957, the space race was heating up. After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, the United States was desperate to catch up. Dr Wernher von Braun and...
- Norway's Participation In Space--50 Years
"50 years of space for Norway" August 17th, 2012 European Space Agency Not many countries can claim to have been using space for 50 years but it was in 1962 that the Andoya rocket facility in Norway launched its first rocket. This weekend Norway...
- An Idiom..."it's Not Rocket Science"
"It's not rocket science" Meaning It (the subject under discussion) isn't difficult to understand. Origin It is probably no surprise to hear that this phrase is American in origin. Of the English-speaking countries, America was the first to adopt...
- Deceased--konrad Dannenberg
Konrad Dannenberg August 5th, 1912 to February 16th, 2009 "Dannenberg a true space ambassador" by Patricia C. McCarter February 17th, 2009 The Huntsville Times He helped create moon rocket, but was most proud of teaching kids Yes, Konrad Dannenberg played...
Philosophy
Imagination can sometimes be better than reality...Ray Bradbury's "The Rocket"
An anthology including The Rocket.
Plot [Wikipedia]...
The story begins with Fiorello Bodoni, a poor junkyard owner, who spends his nights admiring nearby rocket launches bound for the Moon, Venus and Mars. After six years, he has finally saved enough money to send one of his family members to Mars. However, when he presents the opportunity to his wife and children, they quickly realize that none could bear the guilt of experiencing such a wonderful journey while the rest stay behind. Bodini dejectedly returns to his business, but after a stroke of luck, is offered the chance to purchase a mock-up rocket.
He decides to spend his savings on the mock-up and secretly spends the night building a replica rocket with a theater in the cabin using color film, mirrors and screens. He then excitedly tells his family that they will all be able to make the journey to Mars and back. Despite his wife's hesitations, he takes his children on a convincing trip to outer-space, one that they say they will "remember... for always."
In the end, his wife realizes what a wonderful memory he has given their children, even though the rocket never left the ground, and agrees to share a short trip in the rocket with him in the future.
Audio presentation...
NBC Short Story's The Rocket by Ray Bradbury [1952]
NBC Presents: Short Story [Wikipedia]
- Delta Iv Heavy Rocket Slips A Spy Satellite Into Orbit
"America's biggest rocket blasts off, likely carrying spy satellite" by W.J. Hennigan August 28th, 2013 Los Angeles Times A 235-foot-tall rocket carrying a top-secret spy satellite roared to life and blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
- First Female Rocket Scientist...mary Sherman Morgan
"Remembering the US's first female rocket scientist" July 17th, 2013 BBC World News In 1957, the space race was heating up. After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, the United States was desperate to catch up. Dr Wernher von Braun and...
- Norway's Participation In Space--50 Years
"50 years of space for Norway" August 17th, 2012 European Space Agency Not many countries can claim to have been using space for 50 years but it was in 1962 that the Andoya rocket facility in Norway launched its first rocket. This weekend Norway...
- An Idiom..."it's Not Rocket Science"
"It's not rocket science" Meaning It (the subject under discussion) isn't difficult to understand. Origin It is probably no surprise to hear that this phrase is American in origin. Of the English-speaking countries, America was the first to adopt...
- Deceased--konrad Dannenberg
Konrad Dannenberg August 5th, 1912 to February 16th, 2009 "Dannenberg a true space ambassador" by Patricia C. McCarter February 17th, 2009 The Huntsville Times He helped create moon rocket, but was most proud of teaching kids Yes, Konrad Dannenberg played...