English edition of Noordung ’ s Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums was published by NASA in 1995 .
The August 1929 issue of the magazine Science Wonder Stories .
SLOVENIAN VISIONARY
“ Potočnik was a great visionary and a good
U . S . CONNECTION
He may have never set foot on the American soil , but his ideas of space travel reached America . The first ever color illustrations of a space station in the U . S . were of Potočnik ’ s station on the cover of the Science Wonder Stories magazine in August 1929 – the precise month of his untimely death . Frank R . Paul accurately illustrated all three segments of the station : the observatory , the support module with a solar array , and the circular living unit . engineer . His ideas about spacecraft were unique during his time . Slovenians should celebrate him more , for there are few visionaries such as Potočnik . Unfortunately , some writers designated him as Austrian , Czech , etc ., but we don ’ t have to be so humble when it comes to telling the world the truth and , when justified , brag and state with pride that Potočnik was a Slovenian visionary .” Anton Mavretič
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