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Ad Astra: Dreams, Milestones and New Ventures in Space

Dr.Giulio MANZONI 9V1FC – IV3DTB

Hero from Alexandria (10 -70 AD) Aeolipile, the first jet reaction engine

In the 16th century, a man named Wan Hu tried a first attempt to launch himself with them. Several rockets were used but he died due to the explosion resulting. Conrad Haas (1509–1576) was a military engineer of the Holy Roman Empire, who is often cited as the first person to describe a multistage rocket in writing.

Early attempts and ideas…

9 feet capsule-bullet, 300m long cannon, 22000g

From Earth to the Moon – Jules Verne (1865)

http://xkcd.com/681/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wPsTs2dt04

Gravity Wells

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: The rocket equation (1900)

Hermann Oberth, Rober H. Goddard (1920 -1930)

Herman Potocnik (1920 – 1930)

Dr. Von Braun, from V2 to Saturn V

12.5t, 1t 5760km/h, 80-300km or 200km 75% ethanol/water + (LOX)

Dr. Von Braun, from V2 to Saturn V 2,800 t 118t to LEO RP-1/LOX LH2/LOX LH2/LOX

ROCKETPLANES: Space Shuttle

Me 163

2,030 t 24t to LEO Solid LH2/LOX

4.3t 1000km/h 2min @ 10000m Hydrazine Hydrate / H2O2 “C-Stoff/T-Stoff” (Terrible Stuff)

“OLD SPACE ROCKETS”

“NEW SPACE”

500t RP-1 / LOX

ROCKETPLANES: Space Ship 1

3.6t N2O/HTPB 3,518 km/h >100km

ROCKETPLANES

10t, >100km

500kg to LEO

50kg to LEO

50kg to LEO

ORBITAL HOTELS

SPACE ELEVATOR

ASTEROID MINING

MOON MINING

CONCLUSION Living in Space Colonies and

Consuming the Moon ?