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The father of modern American rocketry. Starting in 1909, his experiments on solid and liquid propellant rockets spurred world interest in the technology. He was first to prove that a rocket works in the vacuum of space. First to work out the mathematics of rocketry. First to produce rockets w/ gyro-controls, fuel pumps and instrumentation. 1919 He wrote "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes", in which he proposed a trip to the moon. He was born in Worcester, Mass. and schooled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University. He started his work as a student and continued when he became professor of physics at Clark University. He received his 1st foundation grant $$$ in 1917 from the Smithsonian Institution. Later the Guggenhiem Foundation gave $$$ to sustain his work. He was ridiculed as a "moon Man" early in his career. He was given the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Langley Gold Medal after his death. Nasa's Beltsville, Ma. Space Flight Center is named after him. 1960 The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force gave the Guggenheim foundations $1 million for the use of the Goddard patents.
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Rockets | Satellites | Space |
