Mars was portrayed a desert, Venus was a steaming jungle, and the asteroid belt was a haunt of space pirates. Still, in those days long before space probes, the conventional wisdom was that, for example, Venus was a steaming jungle. Nevertheless, Tom Corbett — Space Cadet was the most scientifically accurate series then on television, partly due to its science advisor, Willy Ley, and later because Frankie Thomas took an interest in astronomy.
TV is the medium where Tom Corbett first appeared. Tom Corbett is one of the few TV series to appear on all four networks of the time.
Table of Contents
Danger in Deep Space
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
The Revolt on Venus
Sabotage in Space
The Space Pioneers
Stand by for Mars!
Treachery in Outer Space