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Robert Hutchings Goddard: The Invention Of The First Rocket
The very first person who invented the first rocket was Robert Hutchings Goddard. He invented the first liquid-fuel rocket in March 16, 1926. Multiple cultures used rockets before such as a man named Archytas from Greek amazed people by flying a bird made from wood. Then 300 years later, another Greek Hero of Alexandria invented a similar rocket device. The earliest rockets were used in 1232. At that time, the Chinese and Mongols were at war with each other. The Chinese attacked the Mongols by the arrows of flying fire; that was a simple form of a rocket. Rockets have changed over time because the very first rocket was made by China and all it was, was bamboo tubes were imperfectly sealed tightly instead of exploding with explosion all it did

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