Tuesday, April 28, 2015

In the genes ? Why I was nicknamed Space-Shot in my youth


     " The first living creature on record to have been launched by a rocket was a ram sent to an altitude of  600 feet by Claude Ruggieri in 1806. The animal survived. Inspired, Ruggieri tried to find a volunteer for a manned flight in 1830...until the police stepped in (largely because Ruggieri had recruited a child).  "

   
  





Artwork by Larry Toschik of French authorities preventing Caluse Ruggieri from attempting to launch a small boy into the air using a rocket cluster
Claude Ruggieri warned by police not to use boy in dangerous rocket launch
                   















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