Robert Goddard

Rocketing Into History
Rocketing Into History
Rocketing Into History
After reading Orson Welles’ science fiction novel “War of the Worlds” he became fascinated with the idea of space travel.  When he was a college physics student he began building rockets powered by gunpowder and eventually as a college professor he mathematically proved it could be possible for rockets to travel in the vacuum of space.
Dale’s Daily Data: First Liquid-Fueled Rocket
Dale’s Daily Data: First Liquid-Fueled Rocket
Dale’s Daily Data: First Liquid-Fueled Rocket
After reading Orson Welles’s science fiction novel “War of the Worlds” he became fascinated with the idea of space travel.  When he was a college physics student he began building rockets powered by gunpowder and eventually as a college professor he mathematically proved it could be possible for rockets to travel in the vacuum of space.