May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... under way there was already a clear understanding of the potential role of plants in space exploration. But unlike Tsiolkovsky, modern scientists had doubts that plants would be able to successfully grow and reproduce in a zero gravity because...
June 2015
The real Interstellar: space travel theories from Tsiolkovsky to wormholes
...problem to future generations. Although it may be many years away, the study of it has value now. References 1: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Exploration of the world using reactive devices. From the book Works on Rocket Technology. Moscow: Oborongiz. 1947...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...mass and density results in high surface gravity. We have tried to overcome this with chemical rockets, governed by Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation [2] which relates the delta-v, the maximum velocity difference of the rocket if no other external forces...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
...The purpose of its mission has not been revealed. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s oft quoted observation, “The Earth is the cradle ... may be found in and from outer space. As noted by Tsiolkovsky, Hawking and Lee, outer space could provide a safe haven to...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... technical work was by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who established the basic mathematical and engineering basis... To understand the challenge, we have to turn to Tsiolkovsky’s key mathematical formula - the rocket equation, which specifies...
September 2023
From the Earth to Mars
... rockets, but history remembers Goddard as a recluse. And when I worked with my Russian colleagues they told me of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. But he was a loner living in a small town hours from Moscow, wasn’t he? We all knew of Wernher von Braun...
