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   Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (8 November 1881 – 6 December 1957) was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics , along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , the Germans Hermann Oberth , Wernher Von Braun and the American Robert H. Goddard .

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   Robert Esnault-Pelterie was a French aviation pioneer who made important contributions to the beginnings of heavier-than-air flight in Europe. After studying engineering at the Sorbonne in Paris, Esnault-Pelterie built his first glider, a very rough copy of the Wright glider of 1902 but constructed.

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   Who was Robert Esnault-Pelterie?

   • Robert Esnault-Pelterie was born in Paris on November 8, 1881. He was a French aviation pioneer who made important contributions to the beginnings of heavier-than-air flight in Europe. The son of a textile manufacturer, he earned science degrees at the Sorbonne in 1902 in botany, physics, and chemistry.

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   What happened to Robert Esnault-Pelterie?

   • In an unpublished book of memoirs written for his son Michel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie tells of the crash that ended his career as a pilot. On June 18, 1908, he set out on a short trial flight; deciding to descend, he failed to realize that he should retard or cut the motor. The machine hit the ground at full speed.

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   What did Esnault-Pelterie study at the Sorbonne?

   • The son of a textile manufacturer, he earned science degrees at the Sorbonne in 1902 in botany, physics, and chemistry. After further studying engineering at the Sorbonne, Esnault-Pelterie attempted to build a duplicate of the Wright brothers’ glider of 1902.

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   What did Esnault-Pelterie do in 1912?

   • Esnault-Pelterie soon shifted his interests into space exploration. On November 15, 1912, in a paper to the Physics Society of France, he offered an early discussion of the problems of space travel, including a proposal to use atomic energy to travel to the Moon and the planets.

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   Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie is best known for his pioneering contributions to aviation. In 1912 he wrote that spaceflight was possible, but only with nuclear propulsion. After hearing of other rocketry visionaries, he worked to popularize space travel ideas in France.

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   Inducted In: 1976. Country: France. Aerospace Pioneer who coined the word ‘Astronautics.’. Robert Esnault-Pelterie was born in Paris on November 8, 1881. He was a French aviation pioneer who made important contributions to the beginnings of heavier-than-air flight in Europe.

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   Esnault-Pelterie outlined possible rocket applications including studies of the aurora borealis and of the upper atmosphere, missions to the Moon and to the planets. He suggested reaction wheels for spacecraft attitude control and discussed the effects of spaceflight on humans.

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   Robert Esnault-Pelterie, an early Aero Club enthusiast, was the son of a comfortably well-off cotton industrialist. Born in Paris on November 8, 1881, and educated at the Faculte des Sciences, he began his experiments with a biplane glider built using secondhand information of the Wright machines.

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10. fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Esnault-PelterieRobert Esnault-Pelterie — Wikipédia

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    Robert Esnault-Pelterie, né le 8 novembre 1881 à Paris 9 e et mort le 6 décembre 1957 (à 76 ans) à Nice, est un ingénieur aéronautique et inventeur français. On lui doit notamment les inventions de l' aileron (1905) et du manche à balai (1906) ainsi que le développement du moteur en étoile.