module 4. rocketry part 1: history & uses rev 1, 17 nov 2003 steven esh
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Module 4Module 4
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RocketryPart 1: History & Uses
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What We Will LearnWhat We Will Learn
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• A history of rockets
• Types and uses of rockets
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Ancient TimesAncient Times
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• Around 300 BC
Archytas makes a “flying pigeon”
•100 BC
Hero (of Alexandria) builds the aeolipile which used heat and water
Around 100 AD Around 100 AD
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The Chinese develop “fire arrows” using black gunpowder
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100 AD + 100 AD +
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1232 AD1232 AD
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Chinese use rockets against the Mongols at Kai-fung-fu
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1804 - 18601804 - 1860
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Congreve Rockets
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The War of 1812The War of 1812
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“…and the rockets’ red glare…”
1821 +1821 +
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By 1870By 1870
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Rockets carried rescue lines to stranded ships
19141914
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Robert Goddard, “father of American rocketry”, launches a solid-fuel rocket
19261926
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Goddard flies a Liquid-fueled rocket.
In Germany, experimenters begin to develop his ideas
1943 - 19451943 - 1945
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World-War II
Germany launches V2 rockets at targets in France and England.
• 46 feet long
• Alcohol & liquid oxygen
• 1650 pound warhead
• altitude up to 300,000 feet
• velocities to 3500 mph
1953 –1960’s1953 –1960’s
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Redstone Rocket
• Developed from German V2 rocket
• First flight in 1953
• Operational in 1958
• First rocket of U.S. space program
1957 - 19781957 - 1978Atlas Missile
•10 feet diameter x 75 feet long•360,000 pounds thrust•16,000 – 17,500 mph•6300 mile range•1st ICBM
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Atlas Silo 1960’sAtlas Silo 1960’s
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Soviet MissilesSoviet Missiles
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Standard MissileStandard Missile
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1970’s to today
USN surface-air & ship-ship
Range to 200 miles
SidewinderSidewinder
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Air-Air missile
Heat-seeking passive guidance
First used in Vietnam, still used today
Air-Air LaunchAir-Air Launch
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Sparrow: semi-active guidance
Arianne RocketArianne Rocket
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ESA
European Space Agency
Ariane is a commercial rocket
Ariane 1: 1979
Ariane 5: 1997
ME-263ME-2631945: German fighter, 620 mph
X-15X-151959 – 1968
4,520 mph 354,200 feet
ErcoupeErcoupe
The Ercoupe: 1941 – 1967
JATOJATO
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Jet Assisted Take-Off1929
Junkers-33 seaplane took off with aid of attached rockets
1941
Rockets mounted to Ercoupe shorten takeoff
JATO TodayJATO Today
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C-130 with 8 JATO rockets
The future?The future?
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The ion engine - for space flight
Model Rockets Model Rockets (1)(1)
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You build and fly them yourself !
Model Rockets Model Rockets (2)(2)
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They come in many sizes,
From small…
Model Rockets Model Rockets (3)(3)
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Model Rockets Model Rockets (4)(4)
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… to large
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And in-between !
Model Rockets Model Rockets (6)(6)
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They come in all shapes, too !
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Even small ones can go 1000 feet high …
and return to earth from parachutes to be used again.
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Prepare for launch !
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And watch them fly !
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We will be doing our rocketry program soon
Model Rockets Model Rockets (11)(11)
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Come blast off with the NCS rocket program
Next week:
• Learn about rocket design
• Learn how rockets fly
• Try an experiment or two