Robert Goddard // Brain Bites
Channel: Brain Bites
Date: 2015-04-13

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Robert Goddard is often called the father of the modern rocket. In 1926, Robert successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. It reached a height of 41 feet, lasted only 2 seconds, and average about 60 miles per hour. He received no praise for this achievement, and was ridiculed by the New York Times who denounced his theories as foolish. He responded with "Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace." The day after Apollo 11 set off for the moon in 1969, the New York Times printed a correction on the original 1920 editorial and stated that they regret the error. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, a major space science labor arty, was named in his honor. 

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Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html
http://www.space.com/19944-robert-goddard.html