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Jan 1, 1232
the beggining
Chinese scientist create the first black powder rockets. Used primarily for celebrations and festivals, it was simply a harmless novelty -
Period: Mar 27, 1232 to
The History of the Rocket
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Jan 1, 1280
weaponizing the rocket
During the song dynasty an artillery officer realized rocket could be used to carry explosive charges and be used as sort of rocket artillery, which was effective at repelling foreign invaders -
Jan 1, 1405
spread of the rocket
By way of the silk road the rocket emerges from the orient and is adopted by the Ottoman Empire and eventually spreads to Europe. -
Studying the rocket
Kazimierz Siemienowicz wrote the first mathematical and scientific study of the rocket and it use in war. It include the first systematic approach of its production and implementation in war -
Widespread usage begins
1805 William Congreve develops the first mass produced, effective and accurate rocket used in the Napoleonic wars and the war of 1812. -
Modern warfare
The beginning of WWII sparked massive technological developments and spurred interest in the rocket for long range attacks. 1943 brought the development of werhner Von Braun's V2, which was used to bomb Great Britain from Germany. -
Space bound
The early workhorse of the U.S. military industrial complex, the red stone rocket was used to deploy satellites and acted as the first ICBM which struck fear into soviet Russia. -
the red menace
Sputnik is put into orbit during the soviet Soyuz program and launches the space race as a part of the cold war causing America to go into scientific overdrive. -
One small step for man
The Apollo program succeeds in placing a man on the moon effectively ending the space race and bankrupting the soviet union and placing America as the leading scientific country