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Physics Assignment, research Tsiolkovsky or von Braun? (1 Viewer)

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I'm supposed to research one person from a selection I got and their contribution to space exploration. I managed to narrow it down to these guys but I don't know who to choose. Help pls.
 

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Tsiolkvosky- modern day rocket principals

Backward (-ve) momentum of gas= forward (+ve) momentum of rocket since Pr + Pg= 0 due to conservation of momentum.

Hypothesised a 20 stage rocket. Although 20 stages not used in modern world, 3 stage rocket uses the same prinicpals. Kind of brief but that basically summarises what he did
 

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I should've re-worded my question: Which do you think I would enjoy more?
 

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Tsiolkvosky- modern day rocket principals

Backward (-ve) momentum of gas= forward (+ve) momentum of rocket since Pr + Pg= 0 due to conservation of momentum.

Hypothesised a 20 stage rocket. Although 20 stages not used in modern world, 3 stage rocket uses the same prinicpals. Kind of brief but that basically summarises what he did
Proposed liquid nitrogen as fuel , calculated escape velocity...
 

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