Rocket Power

In this age of alphabetized terms such as ICBM, IRBM and a myriad of agencies controlling or working with missiles, we are all aware of the fact that there is a phenomenon called rocket power or rockets. Each week brings the news of another success or attempt to shoot a missile into space by the use of various rockets. The history of the rocket is not of only recent times but has been on the scene for many years, our grandparents seeing them in very simple form. Perhaps one of the oldest uses...