Tsiolkovsky
Proper noun
Meaning
Tsiolkovsky (plural Tsiolkovskys)
A transliteration of the Russian surname Циолковский (Ciolkovskij).
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Disappointed at this, Tsiolkovsky gave up on space and aeronautical problems with the onset of World War I and instead turned his attention to the problem of alleviating poverty.
An earlier implicit mention was by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in an unpublished manuscript from 1933.
In 1926–1929, Tsiolkovsky solved the practical problem regarding the role played by rocket fuel in getting to escape velocity and leaving the Earth.
During this period, Tsiolkovsky began working on a problem that would occupy much of his time during the coming years: an attempt to build an all-metal dirigible that could be expanded or shrunk in size.
It received favorable feedback, and Tsiolkovsky was inducted into the Society.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1903) first speculated on the possibility of manned spaceflight with rocket technology.