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📆 16th century
Johann #Schmidlap invented the "step rocket," a multi-staged vehicle, basic to all rockets today that go into #OuterSpace
📆 17th century
Isaac #Newton explained how rockets work and why they are able to work in the vacuum of outer space
📆 1898
Konstantin #Tsiolkovsky suggested the use of liquid propellants for rockets in order to achieve greater range
📆 1923
Hermann #Oberth published a book about rocket travel into outer space

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html

Brief History of Rockets

Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, EngineSim, ModelRocketSim, FoilSim, Distance Learning, educational resources, NASA WVIZ Educational Channel, Workshops, etc..

Poetry News Aug 6, 2023

The book From the Earth to Mars,
Explores the history of the stars
It tells of the past
When pioneers first launched
The amazing story of rockets and cars

#rockethistory #pioneers #fromtheearthtomars #spaceexploration #limerick #poetry

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/a-look-at-the-surprising-history-of-the-earliest-rocket-pioneers/

A look at the surprising history of the earliest rocket pioneers

A review of the book From the Earth to Mars.

Ars Technica