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RUSSIAN FATHER OF ROCKETRY COMMENTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETRY PIONEER ROBERT H. GODDARD.

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RUSSIAN FATHER OF ROCKETRY COMMENTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETRY PIONEER ROBERT H. GODDARD.

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10.000 $ - 15.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
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RUSSIAN FATHER OF ROCKETRY COMMENTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETRY PIONEER ROBERT H. GODDARD. TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN. 1857-1935. Autograph Letter Signed ("K.E.Ts. & "K. Tsiolkovsky"), 4 pages recto verso of a folded leaf, 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches per page, Kaluga, June 17, 1924, to Yaakov Isidorovich Perelman, in Russian with translation. The Russian/Soviet father of spaceflight here writes about his rocket science contemporaries Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard. Translated, in part: "I am writing to you mainly to speak a bit about Oberth's and Goddard's work. Of course, everyone working on culture is my friend, Oberth and Goddard among them. Nevertheless, to land rockets on the moon, even unmanned, is, for the time being, technically impracticable. Firstly, theoreticians haven't addressed many important questions about rockets. Oberth's sketch itself serves only to illustrate a fantastical tale. Even Goddard's rocket is so primitive (and to trust the sketches is foolish,) that not only won't you reach the moon, you won't even rise 500 versts. And this would be greatly celebrated. Secondly, to realize planetary travel, one must still wait for important advances in the technology of new metals, alloys, and explosives..." Tsiolkovsky had first proposed in 1895 that an artificial Earth satellite might be possible and 5 years before the Wright Brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk, Tsiolkovsky created a formula describing how a rocket was necessary to take to escape Earth's gravity. He was highly regarded by Chief Designer of the Soviet space program Sergey Korolev. Korolev had pushed to launch Sputnik-1 on September 17th, 1957, Tsiolkovsky's centennial birthday and although the actual launch was a few weeks later, it was still in Tsiolkovsky's honor. Korolev, after the successful launch of Sputnik-1 into orbit is quoted as saying: "Today we have witnessed the realization of a dream nurtured by some of the finest men who ever lived, including our outstanding scientist Konstanin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky" (Dickson p.107). Dickson Sputnik: The Shock of the Century, 2001.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 33
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Datum:
17.09.2019
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Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

RUSSIAN FATHER OF ROCKETRY COMMENTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETRY PIONEER ROBERT H. GODDARD. TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN. 1857-1935. Autograph Letter Signed ("K.E.Ts. & "K. Tsiolkovsky"), 4 pages recto verso of a folded leaf, 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches per page, Kaluga, June 17, 1924, to Yaakov Isidorovich Perelman, in Russian with translation. The Russian/Soviet father of spaceflight here writes about his rocket science contemporaries Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard. Translated, in part: "I am writing to you mainly to speak a bit about Oberth's and Goddard's work. Of course, everyone working on culture is my friend, Oberth and Goddard among them. Nevertheless, to land rockets on the moon, even unmanned, is, for the time being, technically impracticable. Firstly, theoreticians haven't addressed many important questions about rockets. Oberth's sketch itself serves only to illustrate a fantastical tale. Even Goddard's rocket is so primitive (and to trust the sketches is foolish,) that not only won't you reach the moon, you won't even rise 500 versts. And this would be greatly celebrated. Secondly, to realize planetary travel, one must still wait for important advances in the technology of new metals, alloys, and explosives..." Tsiolkovsky had first proposed in 1895 that an artificial Earth satellite might be possible and 5 years before the Wright Brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk, Tsiolkovsky created a formula describing how a rocket was necessary to take to escape Earth's gravity. He was highly regarded by Chief Designer of the Soviet space program Sergey Korolev. Korolev had pushed to launch Sputnik-1 on September 17th, 1957, Tsiolkovsky's centennial birthday and although the actual launch was a few weeks later, it was still in Tsiolkovsky's honor. Korolev, after the successful launch of Sputnik-1 into orbit is quoted as saying: "Today we have witnessed the realization of a dream nurtured by some of the finest men who ever lived, including our outstanding scientist Konstanin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky" (Dickson p.107). Dickson Sputnik: The Shock of the Century, 2001.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 33
Auktion:
Datum:
17.09.2019
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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