Home page and index of tutorial/historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.
www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
Beginner's Guide to Propulsion Glenn Research Center Welcome to the Beginner's Guide to Propulsion What is propulsion The word is derived from two Latin words: pro meaning before or forwards and pellere meaning to drive. Propulsion means to push forward or drive an object forward. A propulsion system is a machine that produces thrust to push an object forward. On airplanes, thrust is usually ...
www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bgp.html
Welcome to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project Public Information Site To see more BPP artwork click on the picture In 1996, NASA established the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project to seek the ultimate breakthroughs in space transportation: (1) propulsion that requires no propellant mass, (2) propulsion that attains the maximum transit speeds physically possible, and (3) ...
Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute Home Research Data News Location People Links Library Home About INSPI The Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute (INSPI) at the University of Florida is funded through several government and private industry research grants and contracts to conduct fundamental and applied research in areas related to application of nuclear ...
Manned Mission to Mars Contents Home Jobs for the 21st Century US Patent #5, 305, 974 A Mars Shuttle for $10 Billion Fast Manned Expeditions to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ... Product catalog Links to other Sites Services Tickets to Mars Email-crwillis@androidworld.com MARS - 257KB Salient Points New method of propulsion - US Patent #5, 305, 974 Specific Impulse of 3300 seconds 1000 passengers - crew of ...
Brief rocounting of the life and work of Robert H. Goddard, including the rocket nozzle and liquid fueled rockets; part of an educational web site on astronomy, mechanics, and space ...
www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sgoddard.htm
Robert H. Goddard Class of 1908 Father of Modern Rocketry Goddard's graduation portrait below, 1908. Robert Goddard, often called the Father of Modern Rocketry, graduated from WPI in 1908, a general science major. Even as an undergraduate student, Goddard dreamed of space flight, submitting an article, Possibility of Investigating Interplanetary Space, to Scientific American in 1907. Also while ...
www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/Goddard
