[sci.space] It was 64 years ago today...

klaes@wrksys.enet.dec.com (N = R*fgfpneflfifaL 16-Mar-1990 0816) (03/16/90)

    	On this date (March 16) in 1926, Robert Goddard launched the 
    first liquid-fueled rocket - the ancestor to most of today's modern
    boosters - from his Aunt Effie's property in Auburn, Massachusetts.  
    The flight lasted no more than 2.5 seconds and sailed only a dozen
    meters (41 feet) into the air, but it was more than enough to change 
    our future.
    
        Larry Klaes  klaes@wrksys.dec.com
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