Spaceship to Saturn
Encyclopedia
Spaceship to Saturn is a juvenile science fiction
novel
, the tenth in Hugh Walters
' "Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A." series. It was published in 1967 in the UK by Faber
and in the US by Criterion Books and in Portugal under the title Voo para Saturno by Edições Dêagã in 1975.
means that the crew will undergo 'hypothermia
' for the duration of the flight, however a massive increase in meteor
activity around Saturn threatens to cancel the mission as the computer on Earth will be unable to manoeuvre the craft at such long distances to avoid collisions. The solution - instantaneous telepathy
; twins Gill and Gail maintain a telepathic carrier-wave even under hypothermia which can be modulated to carry telemetry
. A landing is attempted on Titan
but problems arise requiring the ship to be flown through the Cassini division, a narrow gap in the rings of Saturn...
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, the tenth in Hugh Walters
Hugh Walters (author)
Hugh Walters was a writer of juvenile Science Fiction novels from Bradley in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
' "Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A." series. It was published in 1967 in the UK by Faber
Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
and in the US by Criterion Books and in Portugal under the title Voo para Saturno by Edições Dêagã in 1975.
Plot summary
The length of the trip to SaturnSaturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
means that the crew will undergo 'hypothermia
Hypothermia
Hypothermia is a condition in which core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions which is defined as . Body temperature is usually maintained near a constant level of through biologic homeostasis or thermoregulation...
' for the duration of the flight, however a massive increase in meteor
METEOR
METEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...
activity around Saturn threatens to cancel the mission as the computer on Earth will be unable to manoeuvre the craft at such long distances to avoid collisions. The solution - instantaneous telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
; twins Gill and Gail maintain a telepathic carrier-wave even under hypothermia which can be modulated to carry telemetry
Telemetry
Telemetry is a technology that allows measurements to be made at a distance, usually via radio wave transmission and reception of the information. The word is derived from Greek roots: tele = remote, and metron = measure...
. A landing is attempted on Titan
Titan (moon)
Titan , or Saturn VI, is the largest moon of Saturn, the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found....
but problems arise requiring the ship to be flown through the Cassini division, a narrow gap in the rings of Saturn...