<영어로 읽는 SF 소설 _ 레이 브래드버리의 우주로켓 비행>
“Rocket Summer”는 레이 브래드버리(Ray Bradbury)가 쓴 SF 단편 소설로 1947년에 처음 출판되었다.
William Stanley는 로켓 발사를 막으려고 하지만, 대중의 압력으로 인해 발사를 허용하지만, Stanley는 로켓 기술이 인류에게 해롭다고 믿지만, 직접적으로 막을 수 없다고 판단한다. 그는 친구 Cross와 함께 로켓의 위험성을 보여주는 계획을 세운다.
로켓이 발사되고 2주 후 귀환하는데, 승무원들은 끔찍하게 변형된 모습으로 나타난다.
이 광경을 본 대중들은 공포에 빠져 도망치는데..
이 이야기는 기술 발전의 윤리적 측면과 사회적 영향에 대해 깊이 있게 다루고 있다.
<Science fiction novel read in English_ Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury >
“Rocket Summer” is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1947.
William Stanley attempts to prevent the rocket launch, but public pressure allows the launch. Stanley believes that rocket technology is harmful to humanity, but decides that he cannot prevent it directly. He and his friend Cross devise a plan to demonstrate the dangers of rockets.
When the rocket launches and returns two weeks later, the crew appears horribly deformed.
People who saw this scene ran away in fear.
This story dives deep into the ethical aspects and social implications of technological advancements.
Summary
The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way?
The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth. They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready. The Birth was a big thing for them.
He stood alone up in his high office tower window, watching them with a sad impatience in his grey eyes. His name was William Stanley, president of the company that owned this building and all those other work-hangars down on the tarmac, and all that landing field stretching two miles off into the Jersey mists. William Stanley was thinking about the Birth.
