Yeah, these kind of comments, like the well-known claim that Bumble Bee flight “violates the laws of aerodynamics” drive me nuts. The Chinese had rockets as far back as the 7th century, and rockets have been used in warfare for nearly a thousand years. Nobody thought Goddard’s ideas were kooky in the least.
Yeah, these kind of comments, like the well-known claim that Bumble Bee flight “violates the laws of aerodynamics” drive me nuts. The Chinese had rockets as far back as the 7th century, and rockets have been used in warfare for nearly a thousand years. Nobody thought Goddard’s ideas were kooky in the least.
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Yes, they did think he was kooky.
Everyone knew rockets would work - in the atmosphere.
But Goddard was talking about rockets into SPACE. And EVERYONE know rockets wouldn’t work in a vacuum because they needed something to push against.
It said so in the New York Times.