![]() ![]() Even when Apollo 11 mission was being planned and worked on, in 1963, Apollo At Go by Jeff Sutton, presented a realistic fictionalised portrayal of the upcoming landing. While some writers imagined the moon’s surface to be barren and uninhabited, others have written about it being populated with lunar beings. In the 1954 Explorers On The Moon, iconic comic book character, Tintin, reaches the moon. A Flight To The Moon by George Fowler, From The Earth To The Moon – and its sequel, Around The Moon – by Jules Verne, The First Men In The Moon by HG Wells, Prelude To Space by Arthur C Clarke… are only a few of the many fictionalised accounts that have, for centuries, reflected this aspiration. Long before Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin stepped out of Apollo 11 onto the surface of the moon 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, the aspiration to travel to this shiny orb in the sky has fired human imagination. These include his supposed travel to the moon. In 18th-century Germany, Baron Munchausen regales his friends, over drinks, with stories of his many adventures. Read the passage and answer the questions given below it. ![]()
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