GSLV (Goose Supported Launch Vehicle) is four hundred years old
@ramani-VR4O43
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Oct 21, 2024
Oct 21, 2024
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This will take down us CEans by many pegs. Crazy is not the word for these space exploration vehicles of the past.
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In the first known story of space travel in English literature, bishop and historian Francis Godwin envisioned getting carried to the moon by a craft harnessed to a flock of yet-to-be-discovered, super-strong, goose-like birds.
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The following is a guest post from Trevor Owens, Special Curator for the Library of Congress Science Literacy Initiative and Digital Archivist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives.
<a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2013/12/300-years-of-imaginary-space-ships-1630-1920/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">300 Years of Imaginary Space Ships: 1630-1920 | Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business</a>
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In the first known story of space travel in English literature, bishop and historian Francis Godwin envisioned getting carried to the moon by a craft harnessed to a flock of yet-to-be-discovered, super-strong, goose-like birds.
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#-Link-Snipped-#
The following is a guest post from Trevor Owens, Special Curator for the Library of Congress Science Literacy Initiative and Digital Archivist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives.
<a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2013/12/300-years-of-imaginary-space-ships-1630-1920/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">300 Years of Imaginary Space Ships: 1630-1920 | Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business</a>