Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ehra....1..170k&link_type=abstract
In its Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics, Vol. 1 p 170-175 (SEE N77-33030 23-99)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Histories, Scientists, Space Colonies, Space Stations, Asteroids, Astronautics, Space Commercialization, Space Exploration
Scientific paper
The concepts presented by K. E. Tsiolkovsky concerning the construction of orbital space stations are cited. Tsiolkovsky, a Russian scientist and founder of astronautics, substantiated these ideas at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Considered settlements outside the earth were proposed feasible using solar energy. The substance of numerous asteroids would be used as construction materials for space settlements and rockets. Extraordinary farsightedness was shown by Tsiolkovsky when comparisons of his projects with those of modern orbital stations are made.
Kolchenko I. A.
Strazheva I. V.
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