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What changes in payload have rockets had from world war 2 to the space age?
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Soon after World War 2 rockets were used to carry nuclear warheads. In the space program they are used to carry many kinds of objects into space. But, they are still used to carry nuclear warheads too.
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What changes in payload have rockets had from World War II to the space age?
The V2 rocket, considered the forerunner of all space capable rockets, only had a payload capacity of 2,200 pounds. The Saturn 5 rocket that sent men to the moon had a payload capacity of 260,000 lbs.
What country first made rockets during world war 2?
Deployable Rockets designed to carry a munitions payload would be Germany. With the V1 and V2 missiles.
Was Apollo 11 the first rocket to launch space?
No there were many rockets launched into space before the Apollo program.The first rockets that went into space were German made V2 rockets from the Second World War.
Could V1 and V2 rockets win World War 2?
No. The rockets had far too inadequate guidance systems and couldn't deliver a significant explosive payload. Beyond that, they were far too expensive to build: Germany could not afford to build enough of them. And once the nuclear research was abandoned, which might have provided a strategically valid payload, the rockets were a military extravagance whose only value was the psychological effect on morale.
When did they used Rockets in World War 2?
To send up satellites into space to spy on other countries
Who was German designer of the that helped the US develop rockets for its space program after World War 2?
Wernher von Braun .
Where was the space race?
The space race was between the Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States. Both the US and the USSR captured German scientists that worked on rockets for World War II.
When was the space rocket invented?
The A4-V2 rocket, the first rocket ever to reach space back in 1944, was developed by the Nazi government around 1938 and 1939. Sputnik Rocket, the first rocket to launch a payload into orbit back in 1957, was developed by the Soviet Union in the mid 1950s. Vostok 8K72K, the first rocket used to launch a person into space back in 1961, was developed shortly after the sputnik rocket. In 2012 the world will end
Who invented space rocket?
Rockets capable of launching people and equipment into space were developed by the US and USSR with scientists and technology captured from Germany in World War 2. Both countries were trying to outdo each other for political and military reasons, and the USSR had the initial successes with the first artificial satellite and the first man in space. Rockets were invented centuries earlier, but it took the resources of the superpowers in competition to create space rockets. Verner Von Braun was the leading German scientist who worked for the US side.
Why do they need rockets?
Rockets today are used for many things. Rockets are used to carry space shuttles to and from the International Space Station. Satellites put in orbits by rockets beam back information about earth's atmosphere. Rockets bring astronauts into space who explore the solar system like Neil Armstrong.
How many rockets are there in the world?
1000
What was the first thing that went to space?
The first manmade object in space were the German V-2 rockets in World War II, they flew a suborbital path and some may have reached the 100 km height that NASA defines as the altitude where space begins.
