The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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... rocket engineers . Their small , makeshift rockets were able to struggle only a few hun- dred feet into the air ( opposite page ) . Wac Corporal Soars 250 Miles In 1942 the V - 2 made its first successful flight . Born of the desperate ...
... rocket engineers . Their small , makeshift rockets were able to struggle only a few hun- dred feet into the air ( opposite page ) . Wac Corporal Soars 250 Miles In 1942 the V - 2 made its first successful flight . Born of the desperate ...
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... Rocket , Forerunner of the V - 2 Dr. Robert H. Goddard , a New Eng- land physicist , pioneered in rocket experi- ments in the 1920's and ' 30's . Some fel- low scientists recognized his genius , but the press often called him the " moon- ...
... Rocket , Forerunner of the V - 2 Dr. Robert H. Goddard , a New Eng- land physicist , pioneered in rocket experi- ments in the 1920's and ' 30's . Some fel- low scientists recognized his genius , but the press often called him the " moon- ...
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time of launching because the rocket is mov- ing slowly , nor near the end of its flight be- cause then it is in the thin outer fringe of the atmosphere . Rocket Motor Turns in Mount Thus another method of controlling the rocket has ...
time of launching because the rocket is mov- ing slowly , nor near the end of its flight be- cause then it is in the thin outer fringe of the atmosphere . Rocket Motor Turns in Mount Thus another method of controlling the rocket has ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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