THE PRINCIPLE OF LONG-DISTANCE ROCKETS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100140058-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: September 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Frincip a Q# i ~`re~ tUbttl a fQCI t~
A nun r o' letters have come to the "edtt~ra coking far an explan-
ation of the prlnclp1o of rockets. The t chno1o~y o-' roeketa i t preR
sent a oepf-rtte rlold, and its development s lending in two dir etlon~,
On the ote hand th1o techhoiogy serves r~ilitary purposes, and on the
other it worse for civilian reaearet, Rockets ore occerded a great
tuture as o transport mediux. Our readers have surely read about
experiments on the use of rocket power for transporting the mail as
well as ror reaeareh on the atratoaphore.
The principle of all rocket power is in the expaneior of geese
which, trying to overcomQ their internal pressures, develop preaeure on
all sides, When they aro enc1oaed in a solid cylinder and can cucapo
only in one direction, there develops in the opening to the cylinder a
reactive preaeure which punhea the cylinder in the opposite direction
from that in which the gases are escaping, This is the aimple~t pos-
aible explanation`, and a detailed technical atudy would require an
involved explanation.
Long-distance rockets conaiat of gigantic, slender cylindcra, in
order to develop a sufficient quantity of gaaes, Inside they contain
reservoir full of liquid oxygen and alcohol. Instead of alcohol other
liquids can be used, all highly inflammable, The liquids from both
containers flaw through openin~e into the combustion chamber, where
they burn at high temperatures, and the gaseous products rush at enor-
mous speedo through nozzles out into free space, Such rockets, weigh-
ing up to 20 tons, fly up to 25 to 30 kilometers high, and their
might is controlled by an u.1tra-high frequency transmitter, pockets
used for research on the upper regions, su for example research on the
ionosphere or on coemnic rays, carry ire their heads measuring instruM
mente, which are saved in landing by means of a parachute system,
The picture r~hows such an experimental, rocket for research on the
higher regione, The numbers refer to number on the picture.?
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~ ~ ar expez'i ental inctru~cntc
2? space tOZ' e1cct~'ic battQZ'iac which drive the electric inctrumentc,
3, tact pate cutttng att the he.
14, teal container for centro111ng instruments for the roeket
e Location off' explocivac which throw of the hetid of the aroeket,
6. Aadio tuseo too' the above exp Los ivea ?
7 ? Comoun~ parachute
8. CoutainQr for licuid oxygen,
9 Opening i'or ?ue1
~O, Z] space for machinery and control organs ,
11, Turbi i containing i'uels,
12. Duct to nozzle,
13, Combustion chaunb~r,
lit. Guiding fins
1. Protective wall for nozzle,
16. P~oective wr~11 for batterieo,
17, Peccive for control signals
18. Storage batteries,
19, Mechanical equipment for radio signals,
20. Automatic mechanism,
21. Large parachute to save control equipment,
22. Container for alcohol,
23. Openinga for alcohol
24. Pipe in which the fuels mix,
25. Outer covering of the rocket
26. S parting fuse,
27. Organs for directing the delivery of fuel,
28. Automatic control of fuel consumption,
29, 1n8trument for continuoud combustion of fuels,
30, Directing device for gas preaure,
31. Electric ocjuipment for moving guiding fin,
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An can be naen From the dtngram the equtprnent for tondtntitnce
rocket D1i& t i~ by no rneann Lmpie, The tnntrumentn mint work extremei
y
preeseiy, atnce hn errar meaurec to thounandtha oV n~fltmetern or to
thaunandth of aecondn y mean a iar a errer in t ht yen eo to a
number of trifle the rocket, even with the ~raatent care, ehan ea dtr-
ection no sharply that right at the mart It burns town.rd the earth,
and, a "tar c i uhin ,explodes clan~eroun,ty. And than the enornoun ex~
peneea off' the trial are coat, Vor thii reason even the watt-known
Oerrni n V?2 weapon wa,o erfoctivo only to a small percent, since It
was dirricu1t to eontro1 and ~e1dorn reached its goal
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