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Sub-topic: Firsts in Astronautics
Question Type: Expert

*In 1898, a Russian schoolteacher, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), proposed the idea of what? What was he considered the father of?

Answer: Space Exploration by Rocket, Father of Modern Rocketry
Reference: http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/www/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html\

Sub-topic: First in Astronautics
Question Type: Expert

*This man stated that multistage rockets or step rockets were the answer to achieving high altitudes with enough velocity to escape the Earths gravity? This man is considered the father of modern rocketry. What Rocket was of his design?

Answer: Dr. Goddard's of the 1926 Rocket
Reference: http://www.hq.nasa.gov

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