Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962. If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools.
Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre. Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. Everything that can be invented has been invented. Let's not become as certain as these past experts on how things can and will turn out. Do not let anybody tell you that you do not have the ability to accomplish something.