ROBERT HUTCHINGS GODDARD (American) (1882 - 1945)
Physicist.
Pioneer in American Space Research it was Goddard who put down theories into practice while the Russian Tsiolkovsky first published calculations on liquid propelled rockets. He began his investigations in 1909 at Clark University; he perserved through years of professional neglect and financial failure.
The press delighted in ridiculing him [...]
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