A Brief History of Rocket Launches
nattybumppo.github.io
A Brief History of Rocket Launches
1–10 of 12 posts
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#2This reminds me of 1945-1998[1]. The map and timeline are similar, but it follows nuclear explosions instead of rocket launches. Considering the two main parties involved in both, it would be interesting to see the data together.
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#31957 being the starting date is probably due to the used catalogs but remember that rockets have been launched decades before that.
Depending on your definition, at least the start of Goddard's rocket in 1926 or the A-4 that reached space in 1942 come to mind.
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#41957 being the starting date is probably due to the used catalogs but remember that rockets have been launched decades before that. Depending on your definition, at least the start of Goddard's rocket in 1926 or the A-4 that reached space in 1942 come to mind.
Very true. 1957 is the starting point because the visualization only shows rockets that went to orbit (or that were intended to, at least); suborbital flights are not included.
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#5Nice! As the launch rate ramps up, however, it gets quite laggy. I'd strongly suggest switching from svg to canvas for this.
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#6This is great.
One thought: any chance of showing launches as arrows -- ideally approximating the actual launch azimuth -- rather than circles? Would help dispel the myth that rockets go primarily upwards!
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#7Oh! Orbital launches. For some reason I was expecting to see Robert Goddard's launches. Nice though.
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#8First thought I had after getting into the early sixties was, "Wow, no wonder we made it to the moon first". Talk about practice makes perfect...
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#9First thought I had after getting into the early sixties was, "Wow, no wonder we made it to the moon first". Talk about practice makes perfect...
This is even more vividly shown in this NASA plot of booster development:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USAF_ICBM...
Re: A Brief History of Rocket Launches
#10First thought I had after getting into the early sixties was, "Wow, no wonder we made it to the moon first". Talk about practice makes perfect...
>no wonder we made it to the moon first
Korolev's premature death and his successor's lack of political savvy might have to do something with it.