Feux verts pour la Lune

Roger May
Year1959
PublisherÉditions André Bonne
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages238
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral, Student
LevelBeginner
Keywords
space travelartificial satellitespace raceMoonspace biology
ThemesSpace Race, Human Spaceflight, Lunar Exploration

Published shortly after Sputnik 2, this popular-science work addresses the space race in three parts: the medicine and biology of space (animal experiments, weightlessness, astronaut selection), the race for artificial satellites (Sputnik, Vanguard, Explorer, X-15), and the technical and scientific conditions for a voyage to the Moon. The book stands out for its pioneering treatment of space biomedicine in French popular literature. It includes a 16-page photographic insert.

📖 Editorial Review

Published just over a year after Sputnik's launch, Roger May's book captures the documentary fever of the late 1950s: the science journalist seizes the space race's breaking news and delivers it to a French public that had yet to grasp the biological and technical stakes of human spaceflight. The book sets itself …