Let's find out about Telephones...David C. Knight

So, I found this literary treasure at a book sale for .50. It was in the children's section and I chose it over several other temptations including a Curious George Puzzle book.  This book by David C. Knight was published in 1967. Before I read the publication year, I half expected the smartphone to make an appearance at the end, bringing us into the 21st century. That didn't happen.  This book ends with the push button phone and boasts that there is one phone for every two people in the United States.

According to this smart person website: https://gigaom.com/2012/10/22/the-average-us-subscriber-owns-1-57-mobile-devices/ the average person owns 1.57 mobile devices.

At first, I felt kind of awkward buying a book so overtly outdated, just for sport (not to mention historical reference), however my very brief research on the author David C. Knight, revealed that he wrote a lot about ghosts and the supernatural as well as space. In fact, one of his book titles (as shown from Amazon) is entitled: The first book of Mars: An Introduction to the Red Planet. You can buy this on Amazon for $58 for the hardcover (no affiliate links here) just the info:

 http://www.amazon.com/first-book-Mars-introduction-planet/dp/0531007979/ref=la_B001HPFZG6_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462285757&sr=1-16&refinements=p_82%3AB001HPFZG6.

He also has a ton of other space books which I'm sure seem pretty futuristic back in the day.  He may not have been able to predict the evolution of the telephone or "phone" as the book shares it is sometimes called...but he definitely was not too far off with his space books. Disclaimer: I have not read his space books, just the titles.

You can get this book for only a .01 on Amazon: The title is:

Colonies in orbit: The coming age of human settlements in space

http://www.amazon.com/Colonies-orbit-coming-human-settlements/dp/0688220967/ref=la_B001HPFZG6_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462286075&sr=1-8&refinements=p_82%3AB001HPFZG6

I hope everyone has had the chance to see Matt Damon in "The Martian".  That's an aside because I love that movie, but my main point is that there are some people not even involved with NASA who's life goal is to to space exploration become a reality. I'm sure you've heard of this controversial guy:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/mar/21/dotcom-space-race.