human
The sun!
gpt
No doubt, replied Barbicane;
human
I expected it.
gpt
But, said Michel,
human
Far beyond it, if the atmospheric refraction is not taken into consideration, said Barbicane.
gpt
But when the moon is enveloped in this shadow, it is because the centres of the three stars, the sun, the earth, and the moon, are all in one and the same straight line. Then the _nodes_ coincide with the _phases_ of the moon, and there is an eclipse. If we had started when there was an eclipse of the moon, all our passage would have been in the shadow, which would have been a pity.
human
Why?
gpt
Because, though we are floating in space, our projectile, bathed in the solar rays, will receive their light and heat. It economizes the gas, which is in every respect a good economy.