A telescope that bends the light using only convex lenses. Was the starting telescope design.
What is a refractive telescope?
100
A machine that goes really fast using liquid or solid fuel to propel it.
What is a rocket?
100
Invented the first refracting telescope, and made many discoveries using telescopes.
Who is Galileo?
100
When countries went against each other trying to beat each other on space discoveries.
What is the Space Race?
200
The measurement of time per wavelength.
What is period?
200
A telescope that uses concave mirrors and convex lenses to reflect light.
What is a Reflective telescopes?
200
To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This law allows for the flight of rockets.
What is Newton's third law?
200
Created the three laws of motion and was responsible for making the reflecting telescopes.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
The joint effort of a lot of countries. Created a place in space that people could board.
What is the International Space Station?
300
The type of wave that the EM spectrum is made of.
What is transverse waves?
300
A telescope that used both lens and mirrors. This telescope takes care of extra refraction.
What is a Catadioptric telescope?
300
These people were the first people to use the rocket system.
Who are the Chinese?
300
The guy who made a lot of advances in rockets, used liquid fuel, and had multi-stage rockets. Proably would have advanced more if would have taken help.
Who is Goddard?
300
A new type of travel that wasn't as wasteful and allowed material to be reused. Had a plane like part that would come back and could be reused.
What is a space shuttle?
400
The distance that light travels in a year.
What is a light year?
400
The telescope that is in orbit right now and was the first space telescope.
What is the Hubble Telescope?
400
During this time the need for rockets increased because of demand for fighting.
What is World War II?
400
A Russian school teacher who was the first one to think of liquid fuel.
Who is Tsiolkovsky?
400
The two space shuttles that blew up in the atmosphere.
What is Columbia and Challenger?
500
The waves that go in the order of Radio - Microwave - Infrared - Visible - UV - X-rays - Gamma.
What is the EM Spectrum?
500
The telescope that will be replacing the Hubble telescope in a couple of years.
What is the James Webb telescope?
500
Rockets started with solid fuel but switched to this because it allowed for power to last longer.
What is liquid fuel?
500
A german who changed rockets and during WWII made the V-2 rocket that really changed the war.
Who is Oberth?
500
The rocket that took the first people to the moon. The U.S. created this spacecraft.