INTERNET RESEARCH ACTIVITY #1
HISTORY OF ROCKETS
To find the answers to the following questions, you will need to use the internet to log onto a website produced by the USA National Aeronautical Space Administration Centre (NASA). Click on the following hyperlink or key in the following address to take you to the NASA site on model rocketry:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/Mathematics/Rockets/.index.html
Open the Adobe Acrobat file
03 Rocket History pdf and then read and scroll through the pages to find the answers to the following questions.QUESTION 1
Describe the device the Greek, Archytas constructed in 400BC that used the principle of rocketry?QUESTION 2
Describe, with the aid of a neat sketch, how the "Hero Engine" or Aeolipile" operated?QUESTION 3
Neatly draw a Chinese Fire-Arrow.QUESTION 4
What function did the fire-arrows serve?QUESTION 5
What is a "step rocket" and who invented it?QUESTION 6
What contributions did the following people make to the development of rocketry:QUESTION 7
Who is considered "the father of modern rocketry"? Briefly describe his contributions to the development of rocketry.QUESTION 8
What was the V-2 rocket used for?QUESTION 9
What was the name of the first earth orbiting artificial satellite and when was it launched?QUESTION 10
NASA was established in 1958. What was its goal or reason for existance?QUESTION 11
What was the purpose of the "Pioneer Lunar Probes" developed by the USA?QUESTION 12
What did the following men do in relation to space flight?QUESTION 13
What was the purpose of the following lunar programs?QUESTION 14
Name the rocket used to launch manned capsules into space?QUESTION 15
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?QUESTION 16
Describe, in steps, the stages the Space Shuttle goes through during its launch into space?