The Evolution of Space Rockets

What factors made the greatest impact on the development of modern space rockets? Was it our irrepressible human urge to explore? Or rockets’ deadly power as weapons of mass destruction? How much did the far-fetched fantasies of early science fiction writers inspire early rocket scientists?

Join us today on a blast from the past as we explore the evolution of space rockets.

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The Evolution of Space Rockets

[shadowChrist]

If intellectuals from every country had come together a century back for a space exploration cause, we would have been on Mars today!!

[depressedchargersfan]

Glad you mentioned Goddard. I've watched many videos about the history of rocket development that just skip right to the V-2 and just forget about the Father of Modern Rocketry. Also great video overall. I do like the history dating all the way back to fireworks and philosophers.

[Vivian-]

I learnt a lot of stuff in this video. The content is wonderful, thank you!

[klydevillalord]

7:05 I thought whips were the very first man-made object to break the sound barrier? HAHAHHAHHAHAH

[SaifKhan-eisy]

Tipu Sultan's rockets were designed to explode on impact, and they were much more accurate and had a longer range than the rockets used by the British. They caused panic and chaos among the British troops, who had never seen such weapons before

[akashborkar]

The thumbnail of this video is misleading. It shows picture of rockets 1891 / 1943 / 1969 / NOW. 1891 shows the Goddard's first ever Liquid Fueled Rocket. However it is launched on 1926. Is the thumbnail picture of this Video is Wrong?

[ipotatoyou]

The quality content that I'm looking for, new subscriber here

[shady]

I like how the rockets now look more and more if you asked a 1st Grader to draw a Rocket

[gopen]

It is the nature of humankind to push itself toward the horizon.
We test our limits.
We face our fears.
We rise to the challenge and become something greater than ourselves

[pkerallda]

Sad to see the peak of rocket technology was 50 years ago. There has been very little progress since then.

[screamingbirdheart]

This is the best way of learning about science history 🥳🥳🥳

I was missing only one thing, and that is that probably by the end of this year the first 3D printed rocket will go up in space 🚀🪐

[subhashchandra]

Mysore our birth place proud to be a mysorian

[hilwaamanamankiyar-ppbf]

7:13 7:14 7:15 7:16 7:16 7:18 7:19 7:20 7:21 7:22 7:22 7:22 7:23

[Avollv]

This video is really inspiring me to be a better person! thank you for this educational experience!

[spycho]

The word "roquette" it's not italian but french instead

[JeremiahHildebrandt]

It’s sad and pathetic how much truly amazing and awe inspiring work Elon has been doing for over two decades at this point and yet people obsess over his politics and want to cancel and destroy him because of it. Idiots the lot of them.

[pectroglory]

This video just says to me I have alot to learn...

[thecast]

can you do a behind the scenes of vision video

[wamatar]

Whenever big technology existed you will find Germany is the initiator Nuclear power and rocket are some examples

[laurarexroad]

Well I have noticed in the title that the Goddard rocket year is 1891 which is wrong and also I have noticed that there is a lot of views but not that many comments which seems like maybe a little bit of view botting