The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-07

| zX2 tireIv new design. for ex-
pluring the ,inKnOwn regions
Of the upper air. will recall the two
adventures in Jules verne's novel,
DE Ia Terrr a In I.une" (1S65). OF
""''r>" "A Trip From the Earth to the
Moon was literary joke. so I"
speak. hut 1t was no more So than
le:n"'s "Iwenty Thousand Leagues
Under til" Sea"--all If which came.
true few years later with the sub
marine
Then here is Maj x. W. Schroeder
"f 'hi'nEn. chief test pilot ut Me-
Cook field. VIII" flew up ai.O:O feet the
other day. said to he 5000 feet higher
than man ever assembled before. He
says he's going higher next time.
| Anyway. the claim is made for the
rocket that it will not only he pos
| >lh'" I" send 1t I" the layers If air
beyond The earth'> atmosphere. hut
even I" the moon itself.
Briefly. the principle involved in
this latest >,ace-lem"Ii>hing marvel is
! 'hnl of multiple discharge. The rookie,
leaves the earth under force of an
explosion ~ the lowest "f series of
| chambers loaded with >mokcle>> pow
der. After rearling certain altitude.
chamber No. is shot. giving impetus
for few ll"re thousand feet inward.
Then. nj accurately timed and meas
lrrd intervals. there are further dis
charges. which spur the rocket on its
way. The atmosphere S,lrrn,,nlin. the
earth extends outward about two hun
tlrel miles. while thus far the highest
level reached by recurdin. inStru-
mentS is - miles.
Rockers such rs arr, used rs signals
of distress nj sea have Il range Of Only
a quarter If II mile. with tie hiyLrS,
point "f trajectory less than five hun
'lreh feet. Their initial speed is about
l.Mh feet per second. while that of
Prof. Goddard records 5000 feet p.r
second. This. Incidentally. is the NEST
rapid velmity in pracrical use, the
m,zz'e velocity Of rroirctiles from
the greatest guns being only alou,
5000 feet ler second
The mos, Important feature al the
new devi'" is that il includes Il nozzle.
constructed of the toughest steel
through which III" gas is elected. This
concentrates the force. instead Of it's
heing tli>silatrd in the air as In tho
old types.
1t IS argued that when the rocket
energies from the earth'> armoSphere
vacuum will he encountered in the
upper regions. in which exploding
gases will los" their power Of propul.
sion. Experiments by Prof. Goddard
have demonstrated this feature is no
drawback. lie fired his rocket in n
tank from whicl, the mir was drawn.
and f",lnI greater efficiency IN the
matter "f propulsion than in the air,
The quantity If powder required has
been calculated. The cNperimenter
takes one pound as his unit mass, AMI
to send this up 1.o.S.ON feet 9,S
pounds arc Needed. and to reach he.
yon'l the .Mrlh'S influence Of attraction
only 1..7i pounds initial mass.
When once the influence If yravita.
ton. or the enrth's attraction, has
been passed. the rocket Theoretically
goes forward through space ut ~ uni
form sm'"'l--'hr"u:.h infinite space
and eternity. unless 1t should bump It's
head against some distant star. or en-
counter Il flying meteor "r body Of at
Innsphere "nt somewhere in ether.
Naturally the curious will ask slow
are you gazing 10 know when you score
hit on l.una:" Professor Goddard
has worked OUT this feature by exl,er-