re: #154 ObserverArt

Since rockets are being talked about, it should be mentioned that the father of liquid fueled rocketry was American Robert H. Goddard. He led a very interesting life and wasn’t really as accepted for what he did as he should have been.

I’m not sure how true it is, but I was always told the German rockets were developed off of Goddard’s experiments and writings.

If you want some good science reading study Goddard.

Goddard is one of those men whose work was revolutionary, but ran into small-minded critics who couldn’t think beyond their own limited understanding. One wonders how many of those who scoffed at his predictions of sending rockets to the Moon lived to see the work he’d pioneered lead to Neil Armstrong’s footsteps.