Robert H. Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) was an American scientist who designed, built and fired rockets. In 1918 he invented the bazooka for the United States Army.
On March 16, 1926, he launched the world's first liquid fueled rocket.[1] It reached a height of 56 metres (184 feet) at a speed of 100 kilometres per hour (62 miles per hour).[2] When he suggested that a rocket could travel fast enough to leave the Earth and reach the Moon, the newspapers made fun of him.[3] Many of his ideas, such as multi stage rockets, and the concept of escape velocity are now part of modern rocket science.[3] He has been called "the father of space flight."[3]
Robert H. Goddard Media
Goddard at Clark University
Video clips of Goddard's launches and other events in his life
Goddard loading a bazooka in 1918
Robert Goddard, bundled against the cold weather of March 16, 1926, holds the launching frame of his most notable invention—the first liquid-fueled rocket.
Original launch console for launching Goddard liquid fuel rockets
Charles Lindbergh took this picture of Robert H. Goddard's rocket, when he peered down the launching tower on September 23, 1935, in Roswell, New Mexico.
Goddard towing a rocket in Roswell
Gyroscope installed inside Goddard's 1939 series L-C rocket
Rocket weight reduction using thin-walled fuel tanks wound with high-tensile-strength wire
High tensile strength steel to reinforce pressurized tank.
References
- ↑ "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer". siarchives.si.edu. 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ↑ Furniss, Tim (2001). The History of Space Vehicles. London: Grange Books. ISBN 1-84013-370-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Factsheets : Dr. Robert H. Goddard". nationalmuseum.af.mil. 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
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