2006-07-14 22:38:06 · 8 answers · asked by raju_chathallur 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Chinese had fireworks (including rockets) 4 millenniums ago.
2006-07-15 00:28:37 · answer #1 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a couple of right answers for that one. The Chinese made rockets centuries ago for fireworks in order to scare off evil spirits, but the modern answer to that has to go to Robert Goddard.
2006-07-15 05:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first successful liquid-fuel rocket was invented by Robert Goddard.
2006-07-15 05:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Nicholson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock Brothers
2006-07-15 05:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by Swayam Prakash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Rockets you know and love today were developed first by Nazi Germany.
2006-07-15 05:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by ScottyDoesntKnow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chinese several centuries ago
Correction to later answers:
the chinese were using rockets in warfare by 1100 AD so dismissing them as fireworks isn't a good idea
2006-07-15 05:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese used gunpowder to propel arrows and fireworks a long time ago. These are simple toys, relatively speaking.
The real question, the implicit question behind the one you asked, is "Who invented spaceflight?"
White people did.
2006-07-15 10:48:43 · answer #7 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people of the Han Dynasty in China
2006-07-15 05:42:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋