French aviation pioneer and engineer who became one of the founding theorists of astronautics in the 1910s through 1930s. He coined the French term astronautique, derived the rocket equation independently of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and endowed the REP-Hirsch Prize, the first international award for spaceflight research. His 1930 book L'Astronautique was among the first serious technical treatments of spaceflight.
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Defining ContributionFounding theorist of astronautics who coined the term astronautique and derived the rocket equation independently of Tsiolkovsky 1 Notable WorkL'Astronautique (1930); founder of the REP-Hirsch Prize for astronautics 1 Connections
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Esnault-Pelterie derived the same rocket equation independently of Tsiolkovsky and Goddard; recorded against the concept entity carrying Tsiolkovsky's name, the atlas's only entity for this equation.
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Robert Esnault-Pelterie (Wikipedia)
In Group: Russian and Soviet Rocketry Pioneers, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Russian and Soviet Rocketry Pioneers, Lead sentence
He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Chinese Qian Xuesen, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun and the American Robert H.
Wikipedia: Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
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