He was professor and scientist, a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled rocketry. He launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. Later, he launched rockets that attained speeds of up to 885 km/h (550 mph). Though his work in the field was revolutionary, he was sometimes ridiculed for his theories. He received little support during his lifetime, but would eventually be recognized as one of the fathers of modern rocketry.
(1882 – 1945)
– Robert H. Goddard Quotes –
On the afternoon of October 19, 1899, I climbed a tall cherry tree and, armed with a saw which I still have, and a hatchet, started to trim the dead limbs from the cherry tree. It was one of the quiet, colorful afternoons of sheer beauty which we have in October in New England, and as I looked towards the fields at the east, I imagined how wonderful it would be to make some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars. I was a different boy when I descended the tree from when I ascended for existence at last seemed very purposive.
~ Robert H. Goddard
Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it.
~ Robert H. Goddard
“It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments. [Most] work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.
~ Robert H. Goddard
Just remember – when you think all is lost, the future remains”
~ Robert H. Goddard
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
~ Robert H. Goddard
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these.
~ Robert H. Goddard
