Robert Esnault-Pelterie | |
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 Robert Esnault-Pelterie | |
| Born | 8 November 1881 Paris, France |
| Died | 6 December 1957 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Significant advance | |
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.[2][3][4]
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- ^ "Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky". Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology, and Research (ALLSTAR) Network. 12 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.