Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Travel Date: 24 Sep 2025 02:20:45 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a8mbc$1q6g1$8@dont-email.me> <10afh2l$3hcc0$1@dont-email.me> <10ag0tf$3l3a7$1@dont-email.me> <10agpn4$3qpp8$2@dont-email.me> <10ah9i6$3v8gp$1@dont-email.me> <10ai0bj$599f$1@dont-email.me> <7ZYzQ.83$Qzga.44@fx10.ams1> <87wm5qckd0.fsf@parhasard.net> <10atv47$2v2db$1@dont-email.me> <10av7su$3a5lo$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net POGTRJRN4zAq6wQS2KBjPglbfmiam6zP3VQBUUmbFRH8puCKSb Cancel-Lock: sha1:oHQm2Pe2njdESXtoaycy2CvzPt0= sha256:B2cdBC5MWdjNoIM7pavwtsF2pxkIY6kcQe2GGcjwpUE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75057 On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:44:44 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote: > The advantage of having lots of books is that there are always some I > haven't read for a long time. I read 'Robur the Conqueror' a while back but I'd never read it. It was written in 1886, 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' from 1863 was one of Verne's earliest but he seems to have lost interest in balloons. Robur makes fools of members of a balloon club with his heavier-than-air invention. In spite of the artwork from the movie, 'Around the World in 80 Days' was not accomplished using a balloon at any point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon I don't know how closely that follows 'From the Earth to the Moon' but it might be the first space opera film. The local independent movie theater uses the projectile in the eye for their logo.