Chapters 2-4

I have read up to chapter 4 in my book, From Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. In this selection, the president of the Gun Club announces he has big news and asks for anyone interested to attend his upcoming speech. The castle-sized building is jam-packed when he gives his speech. He announces that the members of the Gun Club,who still know nothing about this, will be shooting a ball to the moon. The whole crowd goes absolutely nuts with excitement, as does the entire nation thanks to it being broadcast on radio, and the festivities continue to the early hours of the next morning. This topic consumes the next issue of over 5000 magazines as they critique/rave about the idea. The Gun Club receives letters from many large corporations offering their assistance. The president then sends a letter to Cambridge University with several questions he needed answers to regarding things like velocity, where to shoot, when to shoot, and other matters. He finds out that the Moon will be in it's zenith on December 1st of the next year, being the time when the Earth and Moon are closest together, and if they miss that opportunity, the next with all of the right conditions is eighteen years away.