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In the Disneyland Paris, it is stated "The attraction's exterior was designed using a Verne era retro-futuristic influence".
Is this not Steampunk? Athomsfere ( talk) 14:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
The article says "Verne gives the exact position as 27°7' northern latitude and 5°7' western longitude" and then gives some vague explanation that places this in Florida. The specified location defined by these coordinates is near the western edge of a vast desert in Algeria. 121.88.225.74 ( talk) 05:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC)fredricwilliams@netscape.net
There's far too much information about Space Mountain. This is the wrong article for it. Also, "fabulous" has no place in an encyclopedia article. -- Drogo Knotwise 20:03, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
What is the picture supposed to be of? Even looking at the larger size, I can't see anything resembling the columbiad (or much of anything at all, for that matter). I think we should find a better pic, but short of that I have to say I think having no picture at all would still be better than this. Kafziel 18:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
yay!! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.27.49 ( talk) 00:29, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
If I remember from the footnotes a long time ago, E to M contains a fallacy about the Earth rising over the 'horizon' of the moon. To whit: from the surface of the moon the earth doesn't rise, it stays where it is and changes phase. If you are on the back of the moon , you never see Earth. If you're in the middle of the 'front', Earth sits overhead.-- Eddie | Talk 09:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus to move this page, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 12:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
There are at least three works with the title "From the Earth to the Moon", and the HBO miniseries is likely better known than Verne's work (make of that what you will). Therefore, I suggest this page be moved to From the Earth to the Moon (novel) and From the Earth to the Moon (disambiguation) be changed to From the Earth to the Moon.-- Father Goose 00:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Should this article really link to the american civil war? The book, as humor is used, describes the war simply as a way to test their cannons. I don't think a link here is appropriate.
The original title of Chapter VI is "Ce qu'il n'est pas possible d'ignorer et ce qu'il n'est plus permis de croire dans les États-Unis". Most copies of the book I have found use the proper translation - something along the lines of "What is Impossible Not to Know and What It Is No Longer Permissible to Believe in the United States". However, I have found one version, a translation by Edward Roth, who translates the title to "Which Lady Readers Are Requested To Skip." Does anyone know why? Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kodachrome22 ( talk • contribs) 18:57, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
What about The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall by Edgar Allan Poe? Why isn´t it mentioned? -- 85.220.108.196 ( talk) 11:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Article mentions the impossibility of humans being fired from a cannon to the Moon, which would of course turn them into a red sludge at the base of the rocket. Talk page also mentions Verne's silly mistake of having an Earthrise from the Moon, when the Moon of course always has the same face to the Earth. But I also remember scenes in which furniture moves to the back of the rocket as it leaves Earth, and then moves to the front when the Moon's gravity becomes stronger than the Earth's. This shows that Verne did not understand Newton. Was this because the French were upset that Newton was British, and so persevered with other models? In other works, Verne shows himself as being exceedingly ignorant of science, even as it was known in his day. He is possibly one of the most inept scientists of to adopt the science-fiction genre. Should there be some elaboration of this in this article? Myles325a ( talk) 11:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
I have another comment about the scientific accuracy of the story. See the section “ Technological aspects of the novel”. Wouldn't it be impossible to get a projectile to escape velocity using regular gunpowder, or chemical explosivs in general; these aren't energy-dense enuf? Presumably, the maximum kinetic-energy density of the projectile would be about that of the explosiv; limited by the energy-density of chemical reactions. You would need a nuclear explosiv to propel the projectile; “nuclear gunpowder”, i call it.-- Solomonfromfinland ( talk) 23:08, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Per the main [ [Jules Verne] Wiki, most of the early English translations of Verne's works were poorly translated and turned into childrens books. Is that the case with "From the Earth to the Moon"? If so, which are the faithful translations? Luckyshot ( talk) 16:05, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
The External Links section contains a comment about one of the translations: “The translation is more complete than the Mercier version, but still has flaws, referring to the space capsule as a "bullet".” Is that a flaw? Wikipedia itself describes a bullet as “a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel”, which seems to be if not exactly the same, close enough by analogy to be acceptable as a decription of Verne’s spaceship. Jock123 ( talk) 15:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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In the Disneyland Paris, it is stated "The attraction's exterior was designed using a Verne era retro-futuristic influence".
Is this not Steampunk? Athomsfere ( talk) 14:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
The article says "Verne gives the exact position as 27°7' northern latitude and 5°7' western longitude" and then gives some vague explanation that places this in Florida. The specified location defined by these coordinates is near the western edge of a vast desert in Algeria. 121.88.225.74 ( talk) 05:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC)fredricwilliams@netscape.net
There's far too much information about Space Mountain. This is the wrong article for it. Also, "fabulous" has no place in an encyclopedia article. -- Drogo Knotwise 20:03, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
What is the picture supposed to be of? Even looking at the larger size, I can't see anything resembling the columbiad (or much of anything at all, for that matter). I think we should find a better pic, but short of that I have to say I think having no picture at all would still be better than this. Kafziel 18:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
yay!! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.27.49 ( talk) 00:29, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
If I remember from the footnotes a long time ago, E to M contains a fallacy about the Earth rising over the 'horizon' of the moon. To whit: from the surface of the moon the earth doesn't rise, it stays where it is and changes phase. If you are on the back of the moon , you never see Earth. If you're in the middle of the 'front', Earth sits overhead.-- Eddie | Talk 09:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus to move this page, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 12:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
There are at least three works with the title "From the Earth to the Moon", and the HBO miniseries is likely better known than Verne's work (make of that what you will). Therefore, I suggest this page be moved to From the Earth to the Moon (novel) and From the Earth to the Moon (disambiguation) be changed to From the Earth to the Moon.-- Father Goose 00:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Should this article really link to the american civil war? The book, as humor is used, describes the war simply as a way to test their cannons. I don't think a link here is appropriate.
The original title of Chapter VI is "Ce qu'il n'est pas possible d'ignorer et ce qu'il n'est plus permis de croire dans les États-Unis". Most copies of the book I have found use the proper translation - something along the lines of "What is Impossible Not to Know and What It Is No Longer Permissible to Believe in the United States". However, I have found one version, a translation by Edward Roth, who translates the title to "Which Lady Readers Are Requested To Skip." Does anyone know why? Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kodachrome22 ( talk • contribs) 18:57, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
What about The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall by Edgar Allan Poe? Why isn´t it mentioned? -- 85.220.108.196 ( talk) 11:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Article mentions the impossibility of humans being fired from a cannon to the Moon, which would of course turn them into a red sludge at the base of the rocket. Talk page also mentions Verne's silly mistake of having an Earthrise from the Moon, when the Moon of course always has the same face to the Earth. But I also remember scenes in which furniture moves to the back of the rocket as it leaves Earth, and then moves to the front when the Moon's gravity becomes stronger than the Earth's. This shows that Verne did not understand Newton. Was this because the French were upset that Newton was British, and so persevered with other models? In other works, Verne shows himself as being exceedingly ignorant of science, even as it was known in his day. He is possibly one of the most inept scientists of to adopt the science-fiction genre. Should there be some elaboration of this in this article? Myles325a ( talk) 11:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
I have another comment about the scientific accuracy of the story. See the section “ Technological aspects of the novel”. Wouldn't it be impossible to get a projectile to escape velocity using regular gunpowder, or chemical explosivs in general; these aren't energy-dense enuf? Presumably, the maximum kinetic-energy density of the projectile would be about that of the explosiv; limited by the energy-density of chemical reactions. You would need a nuclear explosiv to propel the projectile; “nuclear gunpowder”, i call it.-- Solomonfromfinland ( talk) 23:08, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Per the main [ [Jules Verne] Wiki, most of the early English translations of Verne's works were poorly translated and turned into childrens books. Is that the case with "From the Earth to the Moon"? If so, which are the faithful translations? Luckyshot ( talk) 16:05, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
The External Links section contains a comment about one of the translations: “The translation is more complete than the Mercier version, but still has flaws, referring to the space capsule as a "bullet".” Is that a flaw? Wikipedia itself describes a bullet as “a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel”, which seems to be if not exactly the same, close enough by analogy to be acceptable as a decription of Verne’s spaceship. Jock123 ( talk) 15:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)