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Lecture: Tsiolkovsky and His Equation
How a schoolteacher from Kaluga derived the equation by which every rocket still flies.
- Next date
- 13 September 2026
- Time
- 18:00
- Place
- Lecture Hall
- Price
- Free
The Tsiolkovsky equation was derived in 1897 and has not changed since. The lecturer works through it on the board without advanced mathematics, showing how multi-stage rockets, orbital refuelling and the limits of chemical propellant all follow from it.
