The rocket was invented during the 1200s by the Chinese Mongols. These individuals built small rockets originally for fire works. Over the next 700 years however, the rocket evolved. People began to make bigger and stronger rockets, where they were beginning to be used in warfare, causing the invention to take a turn for the worse. However, in the late 1900s, NASA began an operation trying to land men on the moon before the Soviets did using the rocket. This task at hand had never been achieved before. This would be called the space race and the USA would be victorious, when we launched a Saturn V Rocket into space with men aboard trying to land on the moon, where they achieved that goal. This would be called the Apollo 11 mission. The invention
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For example, "Archytas, a Greek philosopher and mathematician, showed off a wooden pigeon that was suspended on wires" (Wikipedia). The pigeon was then moved by steam. Another example was the Aeolipile, which was used by the great Alexandria. The sphere shaped device sat atop a pool of boiling water. Gas coming from the water pushed through the wholes within the sphere and would escape through the other side of the sphere, as there was two whole shaped like L's. This process would make the sphere move in a circular motion. These are simply tales of early rocketry as these men aren't the ones who are credited as officially creating the …show more content…
It was the first iron- cased rocket ever created, made by the rulers of the kingdom of Mysore In India against the lager British East India company forces during the Anglo- Mysore wars (Wikipedia). These rockets were much more advanced than previous ones created. Britain became fascinated with this invention and used its influence to build their own rocket called the Congreve rocket, used against Napoleon. Rockets were used again in warfare in 1808 by the Royal Arsenal. It was created by William Congreve, who became a rocket tycoon, publishing 3 books on his creation and history of the rocket. After this creation, the rocket was then used by Britain against Napoleon and even convinced Napoleon and his allies to used rockets in the war of 1812. These rockets faced the same problem as previous rockets that they were inaccurate and a creation of a new rocket had begun once more. The accuracy problem still occurred until 1844, where a man named William Hale greatly improved the rocket. He modified it by making the rocket sort of spin like a bullet, making the thruster slightly vectored . He also removed the rocket stick which allowed it to travel further. All these reasons made the rocket more accurate. It was then called the Hale Rocket, named after Hale
For example, "Archytas, a Greek philosopher and mathematician, showed off a wooden pigeon that was suspended on wires" (Wikipedia). The pigeon was then moved by steam. Another example was the Aeolipile, which was used by the great Alexandria. The sphere shaped device sat atop a pool of boiling water. Gas coming from the water pushed through the wholes within the sphere and would escape through the other side of the sphere, as there was two whole shaped like L's. This process would make the sphere move in a circular motion. These are simply tales of early rocketry as these men aren't the ones who are credited as officially creating the …show more content…
It was the first iron- cased rocket ever created, made by the rulers of the kingdom of Mysore In India against the lager British East India company forces during the Anglo- Mysore wars (Wikipedia). These rockets were much more advanced than previous ones created. Britain became fascinated with this invention and used its influence to build their own rocket called the Congreve rocket, used against Napoleon. Rockets were used again in warfare in 1808 by the Royal Arsenal. It was created by William Congreve, who became a rocket tycoon, publishing 3 books on his creation and history of the rocket. After this creation, the rocket was then used by Britain against Napoleon and even convinced Napoleon and his allies to used rockets in the war of 1812. These rockets faced the same problem as previous rockets that they were inaccurate and a creation of a new rocket had begun once more. The accuracy problem still occurred until 1844, where a man named William Hale greatly improved the rocket. He modified it by making the rocket sort of spin like a bullet, making the thruster slightly vectored . He also removed the rocket stick which allowed it to travel further. All these reasons made the rocket more accurate. It was then called the Hale Rocket, named after Hale