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Goddard’s vision: From fireworks to moonshots, the birth of rocketry.
Rockets
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128 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2003
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Summary
Rockets: Pioneering the Path to Space
Rockets, in the form of fireworks, originated in China around the thirteenth century. However, it was the groundbreaking work of American Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) and his development of liquid-fueled rockets that enabled controlled rocket flight for the first time.
Since childhood, Goddard was fascinated by rocketry. In 1926, he designed, built, and launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Despite facing ridicule from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486425375 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486425371 |
| Series: | Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering |
| Author: | Robert Goddard |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2003 |
| Weight: | 183g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 135mm x 8mm |
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