The Man Who Sold the Moon
Original title: The man who sold the moon
earliest edition we have, 1951 Presses Pocket, 1991
Histoire du futur — book 1
In 1949, Heinlein wrote this story about an entrepreneur who foresaw that future of manned space flight could not be left to governments. His protagonist, D.D. Harriman, risked his reputation, his fortune and his very life to make his dream a reality. The prescience of Heinlein's tale is embodied in a modern-day entrepreneur, who looks beyond the moon to Mars. The future of humans in space cannot be trusted to govern...
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