Re: First Spaceship Patent
- From: Ron Miller <spaceart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
On Apr 20, 10:38 am, "mh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Apr 19, 5:35 pm, Ron Miller <space...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When was the first patent issued for a spaceship? And what was it and
who was it issued to?
This an ongoing search for me. There are patents for "rocket"
devices that are mostly fireworks, going back to the early 19th
century. Manned stuff doesn't seem to appear untill the 30s. My
guess is that the idea was subconsciously deemed impossible until
after the Army balloon flights to 60,000 feet and the success of the
large rockets (either solid or liquid). You might have a look at
1840541 and 1879187.
By spaceship I mean a manned vehicle for traveling beyond the Earth's
atmosphere, either as an orbiter or as a means for traveling to
another planet. I would even include suborbital vehicles since things
like the Sanger antipodal bomber were meant to operate above the
atmosphere.
In the 30s, the popular mind called "space" anything above about
55,000 feet. Defintion must be nailed down, first, of course.
Mike
Thanks for the patent numbers. I've always included stratosphere
balloons in the history of spacecraft!
Ron
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