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A Science Fiction Short Story first published in Astounding Science Fiction (July 1939 issue) by Isaac Asimov.Cliff McKenny tells the story of his boss, John Harman, and his quest in 1973 to build a rocketship to The Moon. Harman is opposed by Otis Eldredge, who uses his status as a religious leader to incite people against John Harman's rocket ship and against science in general.Eldredge, and others like him, have been promoting moral virtues over scientific sins since 1945. Harman wants to change that with his rocketship, Prometheus. Named for the Grecian mythological titan who brought fire/technology from the heavens, Harman plans to use his rocket to go to The Moon and return, to inspire people to create more scientific advances.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Shelton, one of the people helping Harman with the rocket, creates a fault in the fuel tanks, causing the rocket to explode when activated for test flight. Since Shelton died in the explosion, the general population initially took it as evidence that Harman either did it deliberately or was receiving divine punishment for trying to leave Earth's gravity. It takes another five years before Harman is able to try again, and during this time, almost all scientific progress has been brought to a halt, using the rocket accident as evidence for why this was needed.This story has been reprinted several times; Men Against The Stars (1950), Great Science Fiction Stories About The Moon (1967), First Flights To The Moon (1970), The Early Asimov (1972), A Spectrum Of Worlds (1972), Urania (issue #625, August 1973), and Isaac Asimov Presents: Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939 (1979).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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First-Person Peripheral Narrator: The story is told from the perspective of Cliff McKenny, an assistant to John Harman, who is trying to build the first rocket to space. | |
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Evil Luddite: Otis Eldredge incites people against the pursuit of scientific advancement, personified in the form of John Harman, who is trying to build a rocketship to The Moon. | |
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Dark Messiah: Otis Eldredge is a charismatic leader of the Twentieth Century Evangelical Society, and opposed to the idea of manned spaceflight. He's been using his position as religious leader to incite people against John Harman's rocket ship. | |
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20 Minutes into the Future: John Harman complains about the technology in 1973 not being far enough in advance of the technology of 1923 (the story was published in 1939). He's preparing to set off in the first manned rocketship, to the consternation of religious fundamentalists who believe that humankind was meant to stay on Earth. | |
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