Consider a cask filled with a highly compressed gas. If we open one of its taps the gas will escape through it in a continuous flow, the elasticity of the gas pushing its particles into space will continuously push the cask itself. The result will a continuous change in the motion of the cask. Given a sufficient number of taps (say, six), we would be able to regulate the outflow of the gas as we liked and the cask (or sphere) would describe any curved line in accordance with any law of velocities.
Consider a cask filled with a highly compressed gas. If we open one of its taps the gas will escape through it in a continuous flow, the elasticity o… - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Consider a cask filled with a highly compressed gas. If we open one of its taps the gas will escape through it in a continuous flow, the elasticity o…
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System. All kinds of danger wait for him on … - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System. All kinds of danger wait for him on …
For me, a rocket is only a means--only a method of reaching the depths of space--and not an end in itself... There's no doubt that it's very importan… - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
For me, a rocket is only a means--only a method of reaching the depths of space--and not an end in itself... There's no doubt that it's very importan…
Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in t… - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in t…
Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System. - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.
A planet is the cradle of mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever. - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
A planet is the cradle of mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.
First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream. - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream.
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of several tens of kilometers, to lan… - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of several tens of kilometers, to lan…
All our knowledge - past, present, and future - is nothing compared to what we will never know. - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
All our knowledge - past, present, and future - is nothing compared to what we will never know.
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