Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was a Russian scientist and inventor, the founder of modern astronautics. Space flights and rocket engineering were the main areas of research to which he dedicated his life. However, to speak of Tsiolkovsky only as the...
father of astronautics means to impoverish his contribution to modern science and technology. We invite readers to become acquainted with the "space philosophy" of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, with his views on ethical issues, the foundations of morality, the structure of society, and much more. "...I want to be Chekhov in science: in small essays, to provide serious logical knowledge of the most reliable teachings about the Cosmos." And may his theory of the eternal youth of the Universe, of perfect Reason, prove to be as true as the prediction that "...mathematics will permeate all areas of knowledge," just as the principle of movement on an air cushion, developed by Tsiolkovsky, works today.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was a Russian scientist and inventor, the founder of modern astronautics. Space flights and rocket engineering were the main areas of research to which he dedicated his life. However, to speak of Tsiolkovsky only as the father of astronautics means to impoverish his contribution to modern science and technology. We invite readers to become acquainted with the "space philosophy" of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, with his views on ethical issues, the foundations of morality, the structure of society, and much more. "...I want to be Chekhov in science: in small essays, to provide serious logical knowledge of the most reliable teachings about the Cosmos." And may his theory of the eternal youth of the Universe, of perfect Reason, prove to be as true as the prediction that "...mathematics will permeate all areas of knowledge," just as the principle of movement on an air cushion, developed by Tsiolkovsky, works today.
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