The History of Rocket Science
Completed by Robert Kiefer
June 27, 2026
10 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Describe the progression and the reasoning behind the US's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Describe the costs and benefits of the space shuttle program, and why the US lost two shuttles
Describe how Germany developed rockets for warfare in WWII and how the US and USSR used this technology to develop their rocket programs
Skills you will gain
- Category: World History
- Category: Cost Reduction
- Category: Emerging Technologies
- Category: Political Sciences
- Category: Social Studies
- Category: International Relations
