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This book features Professor Calculus, the well-known genius in the world of Tintin, who tries to send the first man to land on the moon, funded by a consortium in Klow. Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Snowy are called by the Professor to help him with the mission, as a group of people try to sabotage the same. Summary Of The Book Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy have just returned from one of their many adventures when they are met with the news that their dear friend Professor Calculus has asked them to meet him on an urgent basis in Syldavia. He is in the capital of Syldavia, a city named Klow, and is working, along with the government, on an ambitious and risky programme.  On meeting Professor Calculus, they get to know that he has planned an exploration to the Moon, and is currently designing a rocket for the journey. He has invited them to join him in his adventure. Beneath the Sprodj Centre is a land rich in the radioactive element uranium. The Syldavian government and Professor Calculus wish to use this uranium to benefit the entire mankind—they want to explore a magnificent part of the space. But aggressive and evil foreign powers are hell bent on making this difficult for them by planning and plotting to hijack this technology to fulfil their selfish motives which will lead to a catastrophic end. Professor Calculus will achieve his goal, come hail or storm. He wants to reach the moon and needs a companion for the eventful journey too. Will his determination and research pay off? Will he find a friend who is willing to take the huge plunge with him? Hergé wrote this adventure 16 years before the first successful mission to the moon and was lauded for getting many of the facts regarding the landing uncannily right, well before its time. The story in this book is continued in the next book of the series, Explorers On The Moon. About Hergé Hergé is the pen name for Georges Prosper Remi, who was born on 22nd May, 1907. He was a Belgian comics writer and an illustrator. He is best known for The Adventures of Tintin series, for which he wrote 23 completed comic books from 1929 until his death. He is famously known for his multiple comic book series such as Quick and Flupke (1930-1940), Popol Out West (1934), Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936-1957), and They Explored The Moon (1969). It was in his early years that Hergé developed a love of cinema, particularly favouring Winsor McCay's animated film Gertie the Dinosaur and the films featuring Charlie Chaplin, Harry Langdon and Buster Keaton; his later work in the comic strip medium displayed an obvious influence from these early films in style and content. During the Second World War, when Hergé was still writing the Adventures of Tintin series, he placed more emphasis on characters than plot, and indeed Tintin's most memorable companions, Captain Haddock and Cuthbert Calculus, were introduced at this time. He was born in his parents' home in Etterbeek, Brussels, a central suburb in the capital city of Belgium. He is one of Belgium’s national heroes. He married twice—to Germaine Kieckens and to Fanny Vlamynck. Hergé died on the 3rd of March, 1983.