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Wright Borthers intro
First men to achieve powered, controlled sustained hevier than air flight. -
Wright Brothers First Flight
Flight manned by Orville Wright occured december 17, 1903. the flight began at 10:35am and ended 12 seconds later. the flights total speed was 6.8 mp/h though due to the short fligt total distance achevied was 1.36 miles. -
The first powdered rocket launch
Robert H. Goddard preformed the first powderd rocket launch in the year 1915 -
Robert H. Goddard intro
The "father of modern rocketry" and developer of the first liquid fueled rocket. -
Robert's patents
in 1915 Robert H.Goddard developed and patented both liquid fueled rocket and multistage rocket. -
ion thrusters
in the years 1916-1917 Robert H. Goddard built ion thursters. these are used to increase propulsion. -
smithsonian grant
in 1917 the smithsonian wrote Robert H. Goddard a grant for 5,000 dollars to continue his research in the feild of rocketry. -
clark university grant
in the same year as the smithsonian wrote their grant clark university also wrote Robert H. Goddard a grant for 3500 dollars -
War effort
in 1917 Robert H. Goddard wanted to improve american war efforts by letting his design be used by special forces. some uses are as follows:
mobile artillery
feild wepons
and naval torpedos
