Assessment Task 1: Rockets In The US
Assessment Task 1 - Secondary Sources Investigation
CONTENT
PAGE
2
Assessed Outcomes
Robert Goddard
Rockets in a Vacuum
3
Liquid Rockets
3
Attachments To Rockets
4
Guided Rockets
5
Werner Von Braun
Sources of Funding
6
The V-2 Missile
6
Explorer 1
7
Saturn Series of Boosters
7
Bibliography
Robert Goddard
9
Werner Von Braun
10
-112Physics
Assessment Task 1 - Secondary Sources Investigation
Assessed Outcomes
[H1]
Evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking
[H3]
Assesses the impact of particular advances in physics on the development of technologies
[H6]
Explains …show more content…
The V-2 Missile
One of Braun’s most notable achievements was the creation of the V-2 missile (Vengeance
Weapon 2), originally named the A-4 missile.
This particular rocket contained gyroscopic controls and could hit a target at a distance of up to 700km and accurately hit a large target
(city etc) at a distance of up to 300km, and as such it was one of the greatest weapons of
WWII. Reaching an altitude of above 70km, the British knew it as ‘death from above’ and at the time was the closest to outer space that any rocket had been. There were several major technological advances in the V-2 that surpassed previous rockets [H3]. These were:
The power supplied by the engine (liquid ethanol with liquid oxygen in a small combustion chamber)
The shape (shaped like a bullet)
Guided missile (inertial guidance system using gyroscopes)
Radio transmission (used mainly during development)
The most significant advantage of the V-2 rocket though, was not the distance the rocket traveled but rather the speed at which impact occurred. Due to the vast
CONTENT
PAGE
2
Assessed Outcomes
Robert Goddard
Rockets in a Vacuum
3
Liquid Rockets
3
Attachments To Rockets
4
Guided Rockets
5
Werner Von Braun
Sources of Funding
6
The V-2 Missile
6
Explorer 1
7
Saturn Series of Boosters
7
Bibliography
Robert Goddard
9
Werner Von Braun
10
-112Physics
Assessment Task 1 - Secondary Sources Investigation
Assessed Outcomes
[H1]
Evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking
[H3]
Assesses the impact of particular advances in physics on the development of technologies
[H6]
Explains …show more content…
The V-2 Missile
One of Braun’s most notable achievements was the creation of the V-2 missile (Vengeance
Weapon 2), originally named the A-4 missile.
This particular rocket contained gyroscopic controls and could hit a target at a distance of up to 700km and accurately hit a large target
(city etc) at a distance of up to 300km, and as such it was one of the greatest weapons of
WWII. Reaching an altitude of above 70km, the British knew it as ‘death from above’ and at the time was the closest to outer space that any rocket had been. There were several major technological advances in the V-2 that surpassed previous rockets [H3]. These were:
The power supplied by the engine (liquid ethanol with liquid oxygen in a small combustion chamber)
The shape (shaped like a bullet)
Guided missile (inertial guidance system using gyroscopes)
Radio transmission (used mainly during development)
The most significant advantage of the V-2 rocket though, was not the distance the rocket traveled but rather the speed at which impact occurred. Due to the vast