Describes the creation of a 250-foot diameter rotating space station. It was predicted that the station could become a reality by 1963 at a cost of $4 billion including the development of the 3-stage re-usable rockets (von Braun and company, like other visionaries that followed them, were not immune to overly-optimistic cost projections).

Includes index. "This book is a considerably expanded version of a series of scientific articles which appeared in Collier's under the title 'Man will conquer space soon."--Title page verso