1950s Space Magazines for Dolls

This is Shepard, and welcome to your sporadic dose of space exploration history.  At some point, AG put that that Maryellen short video about AstroGirl, and astronomy and all that good stuff.  And during the video, Maryellen mentions something "I read that in Collier's." when talking about space travel with her friends.

Most people probably went 'Oh, that's just some random background thing AG put in there.'  It's not.  In 1952, Collier's Magazine put out a series of 8 articles (6 of which had cover art) on how "Man Will Conquer Space Soon".  It covered everything from basic space travel to astronaut selection to lunar bases and getting to Mars.  The articles were written by people like Fred Lawrence Whipple, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Dr. Heinz Haber, and Wernher von Braun.  The concept art is absolutely stunning.

Obligatory Wikipedia link: Man Will Conquer Space Soon!

In 2012, for the 60th anniversary, the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics did a complete reprint of the series in their newletter.  You can read the original articles at http://www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter/.  Scroll down until you hit the 2012 newsletters.

Since there were only 6 covers but 8 articles, I've combined some of the issues.  For once, the print is really too small to read, but you and your local space cadet can still enjoy the gorgeous artwork

Collier's Magazines

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