12 INCHES LONG HAND MADE (RESIN, METAL, PLEXIGLASS) MODEL OF FIRST METAL AIRSHIP PROJECT OF K.TSIOLKOVSKIY IN 1885. THIS YEAR KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKIY DECIDED TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALL-METAL AIRSHIP. ONE YEAR LATER HE PUBLISHED HIS FIRST THEORETICAL STUDY,`THEORIA AEROSTATA` (THEORY OF AN AEROSTAT), FOLLOWED IN 1892 BY `AEROSTAT METALLICHESKIY`(THE METAL DIRIGIBLE).BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1935, FIFTY-THREE BOOKS, ARTICLES AND PAPERS ON THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED. DESIGNER OF THIS FIRST METAL AIRSHIP KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKIY WAS A FIRST WHO FORMULATED THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SPACE TRAVEL ON THE TURN OF 20-CENTURY AND HIS NAME IN HISTORY TOOK A PLACE OF `FATHER OF SPACE EXPLORATION`.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 13 December, 2002.
