Progress Thread: Chapter 1

[JSP]

Is that a Saturn V? 'Cause it has black fins...

It is a saturn V

 

[JSP]

Is that a Saturn V? 'Cause it has black fins...

What do you mean fins?

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

What do you mean fins?

The 2 side fuselages on the first stage. I'm seeing that one is white, and the other one is black...

 

[JSP]

The 2 side fuselages on the first stage. I'm seeing that one is white, and the other one is black...

Yes to match the pattern

 

[JSP]

Is it inaccurate?

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Is it inaccurate?

No, is a reference to an old funny incident

 

[JSP]

No, is a reference to an old funny incident

Which incident?

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Which incident?

Nevermind

 

[Anikta]

Ah yes, reusable sat v. NASA once made plans to do that

 

[JSP]

Ah yes, reusable sat v. NASA once made plans to do that

Did they I think you mean the Saturn 1

 

[JSP]

Ah yes, reusable sat v. NASA once made plans to do that

Oh your right

 

[Anikta]

Oh your right

I'm always right

 

[JSP]

I'm always right

ok what was the name of the guy who invented rocket science then

 

[Anikta]

ok what was the name of the guy who invented rocket science then

The Chinese technically invented rocket science

Edit: Chinese Fire Arrows

 

[Mooncrasher]

The Chinese technically invented rocket science

Edit: Chinese Fire Arrows

Rocket science = dV equation

 

[JSP]

The Chinese technically invented rocket science

Edit: Chinese Fire Arrows

wrong Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. Goddard successfully launched his rocket on March 16, 1926, ushering in an era of space flight and innovation.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

The chinese invented rockets, but not the science behind it.

wrong Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. Goddard successfully launched his rocket on March 16, 1926, ushering in an era of space flight and innovation.

Well googled. I'm sure there was this Russian guy who is credited with the rocket equation before Goddard though. What was his name again...?
(And even he wasn't the first either)

 

[JSP]

The chinese invented rockets, but not the science behind it.



Well googled. I'm sure there was this Russian guy who is credited with the rocket equation before Goddard though. What was his name again...?
(And even he wasn't the first either)

the acient greeks had ideas for rockets
The earliest rockets can be traced back to the society of the Ancient Greeks. ... Hero of Alexandria, a few centuries later, also utilized steam propulsion in a manner reminiscent of today's rockets. His device, known as the aeolipile, consisted of a hollow sphere that was connected by pipes to an open kettle of water.

 

[JSP]

Hmm i could use Cosmos fans ULV to place my reusable rocket on mars or venus...

 

[Mooncrasher]

the acient greeks had ideas for rockets
The earliest rockets can be traced back to the society of the Ancient Greeks. ... Hero of Alexandria, a few centuries later, also utilized steam propulsion in a manner reminiscent of today's rockets. His device, known as the aeolipile, consisted of a hollow sphere that was connected by pipes to an open kettle of water.

Equations, equations, those are most important.

British mathematician William Moore first derived the rocket equation in 1810, and published in 1813.

The minister William Leitch, who was a capable scientist, also independently derived the fundamentals of rocketry in 1861.

The equation is named after Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who independently derived it and published it in his 1903 work. He got the credit because he was first to apply it to seeing if space travel was theoretically possible.

Robert Goddard (ah, there he is) in America independently developed the equation in 1912 when he began his research to improve rocket engines for possible space flight.

Hermann Oberth (remember the Oberth effect?) in Europe independently derived the equation about 1920 as he studied the feasibility of space travel.

 

[Marmilo]

Is that a Saturn V? 'Cause it has black fins...

And that payload fairing...

 

[JSP]

And that payload fairing...

im still working on it the 1st stage needs the most work since its reusable

 

[Anikta]

What was his name again...?

Tsiolkovsky

 

[Anikta]

wrong Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. Goddard successfully launched his rocket on March 16, 1926, ushering in an era of space flight and innovation.

ahh ok, it was a joke though

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Tsiolkovsky

Wasn't that the composer? Oooh yeah, that's Chaikovsky. I always though Tsiolkovsky wrote Lord of the Rings...