satellite

Satellite is probably the most useful invention since the wheel. Satellites

have the capability to let you talk with someone across the nation or let you

close a business deal through video communication. Almost everything today is

heading towards the use of satellites, such as telephones. At&t has used this

communications satellite (top right) ever since the late 1950s. TVS and radios

are also turning to the use of satellites. RCA and Sony have released satellite

dishes for Radio and Television services. New technology also allows the

military to use satellites as a weapon. The new ION cannon is a satellite that

can shoot a particle beam anywhere on earth and create an earthquake. They can

also use it's capability for imaging enhancement, which allows you to zoom in on

someone's nose hairs all the way from space.

Robert Gossard (left) was one of the most integral inventors of the

satellite. He was born on October 5, 1882. He earned his Masters and Doctoral

degree in Physics at Clark University. He conducted research on improving solid-

propellant rockets. He is known best for firing the world's first successful

liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. This was a simple pressure-fed