From the Earth to the Moon Chapter 5 Summary

The Romance of the Moon

  • Verne spends this chapter outlining (in what some might consider exhausting detail) everything he knows about the moon. And guess what? The bulk of his science still holds true today.
  • He is wrong about one thing, though: The moon is not, in fact, inhabited by an alien race called the "selenites" (5.22). Go figure, right?