Space exploration and Rocket History, Tsiolkovsky's impacts.

Rocketry and Space Exploration

Rocketry systems have greatly evolved over the past 2000 years which has lead to the development and acceleration of space exploration. The field of scientific research has led to the exposure of many intelligent and talented individuals. One of the major contributors to the research and development in rocketry systems is a scientist named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
The earliest solid rocket fuel was in the form of gunpowder in the 3rd century B.C. The reaction principle was first demonstrated by Archytas in 360 B.C and again by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century B.C, through the use of a steam power reaction wheel called the ‘aeolopile,’ which used propulsion principles.
By 1045 A.D. the use of gunpowder and rockets formed an integral aspect military tactics as weapons , e.g. ‘fire arrows.’ From 1045 to the late 1800’s, the knowledge of rockets spread throughout the world and rockets were used in war. The reaction principle was defined i...