It is just a short lifetime since humanity first travelled into space and discovered how fragile our planet looks. FROM FIREWORKS TO THE MOON At first glance you might think that there couldn't possibly be anything common between a 13 th century festival in China and the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. However, there is a link and that is that they both relied on the use of rockets. The Chinese first developed rockets by filling bamboo tubes with an explosive made from saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur. The sealed tubes would be thrown onto fires during celebrations because it was thought that the loud explosions would protect them. It was not long before the ancient Chinese realised the military potential of these devices and primitive rockets were used to repel a Mongol invasion in 1232 AD. Word of these new amazing weapons quickly spread around the world and soon rockets were being used in military operations in North Africa and Europe
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5 rockets The Chinesefirst developedrocketsby filling bamboo @ to defeatan invading tubes with an explosivemade from saltpetre, charcoal' andsulphur.Thesealedtubeswouldbethrownontofires B in orderto invade becauseit wasthoughtthat the loud C againstthe North Afri F Ouringcelebrations l0 Europeans. wouldprotectthem.when thesetubeswerenot
5 rockets The Chinesefirst developedrocketsby filling bamboo @ to defeatan invading tubes with an explosivemade from saltpetre, charcoal' andsulphur.Thesealedtubeswouldbethrownontofires B in orderto invade becauseit wasthoughtthat the loud C againstthe North Afri F Ouringcelebrations l0 Europeans. wouldprotectthem.when thesetubeswerenot
5 rockets The Chinesefirst developedrocketsby filling bamboo @ to defeatan invading tubes with an explosivemade from saltpetre, charcoal' andsulphur.Thesealedtubeswouldbethrownontofires B in orderto invade becauseit wasthoughtthat the loud C againstthe North Afri F Ouringcelebrations l0 Europeans. wouldprotectthem.when thesetubeswerenot
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