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| | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | The basic equation for rocket propulsion, the (additional info and facts about Tsiolkovsky rocket equation) Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, is named after him. |
 | | He was also an adherent of philosopher (additional info and facts about Nikolai Fyodorov) Nikolai Fyodorov, and believed that colonizing space would lead to the perfection of the human race, with immortality and a carefree existence. |
 | | Tsiolkovsky died on September 19, 1935 in (A city of central Russia south of Moscow) Kaluga, Russia, where there is a museum of astronautics named after him. |
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