Gaetano Crocco
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Italian scientist
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Gaetano Croccoengineering Degrees
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Aerospace Engineering
#214
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Gaetano Crocco's Degrees
- Doctorate Mathematics University of Naples Federico II
- Doctorate Physics University of Naples Federico II
Why Is Gaetano Crocco Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gaetano Arturo Crocco was an Italian scientist and aeronautics pioneer, the founder of the Italian Rocket Society, and went on to become Italy's leading space scientist. He was born in Naples. In 1927, Crocco began working with solid-propellant rockets and, in 1929, designed and built the first liquid-propellant rocket motors in Italy. He began work with monopropellants in 1932, making him one of the first researchers in this field.
Gaetano Crocco's Published Works
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Published Works
- Flying in the Stratosphere (1932) (2)
- Flying in the Stratosphere: A Theoretical Examination of the Possibilities of Achieving High Speeds at very High Altitudes (1)
- Inherent stability of helicopters (1923) (1)
- Effect of ratio between volume and surface area of airships (1924) (0)
- Structural and Economic Limits to the Dimensions of Airships (1924) (0)
- Replacing the weight of materials consumed on airships (1923) (0)
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