ROCKET ENGINEERS & SPACE SCIENTISTS A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z                    HOME ABOUT CATEGORIES SITE MAP COPYRIGHT ADVERTISE CONTACT entire Web this site Crocco, Gaetano Arturo (1877-1968) Leading Italian aeronautical and aerospace designer, military officer (rising to the rank of general), and founder of the Italian Rocket Society in 1951. Crocco designed a number of airships in the early part of the 20th century and switched to designing rocket engines in the 1920s. Among his many contributions to the theory of spaceflight was a paper in which he showed that a spacecraft could, in theory, travel from Earth to Mars, perform a reconnaissance Mars flyby (that is, not stop over in Mars orbit), and return to Earth in a total trip time of about one year.1 Reference Crocco, Gaetano A. "One-Year Exploration-Trip Earth-Mars-Venus-Earth." Rendiconti del VII Congresso Internanzionale Astronautico, Associazione Italiana Razzi (1956): 227-52; paper presented at the Seventh Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Rome, Italy, 1956. Related category    • ROCKET ENGINEERS AND SPACE SCIENTISTS Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History Transport Concepts & Designs (partner site) BACK TO TOP