klaes@advax.enet.dec.com (Larry Klaes) (03/16/91)
Saturday, March 16, marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of Robert
Goddard's launching of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, the
ancestor of all modern liquid-fueled booster. The flight took place
in Auburn, Massachusetts (near Worcester) in 1926 and lasted only 2.5
seconds, reaching an altitude of 12.3 meters (41 feet) and landing
(crashing, actually) 55.2 meters (184 feet) from the launch site in
his Aunt Effie's cabbage patch. Today the launch area is commemorated
with a small monument surrounded by a busy street and numerous stores,
including the Auburn Mall.
Larry Klaes klaes@advax.enet.dec.com
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EJASA Editor, Astronomical Society of the Atlantichopkins@emav49.webo.dg.com (Charlie Hopkins) (03/18/91)
In article <21141@shlump.nac.dec.com>, klaes@advax.enet.dec.com (Larry Klaes) writes: |> |> Saturday, March 16, marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of Robert |> Goddard's launching of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, the |> ancestor of all modern liquid-fueled booster. The flight took place |> in Auburn, Massachusetts (near Worcester) in 1926 and lasted only 2.5 |> seconds, reaching an altitude of 12.3 meters (41 feet) and landing |> (crashing, actually) 55.2 meters (184 feet) from the launch site in |> his Aunt Effie's cabbage patch. Today the launch area is commemorated |> with a small monument surrounded by a busy street and numerous stores, |> including the Auburn Mall. |> |> Larry Klaes klaes@advax.enet.dec.com |> or ...!decwrl!advax.enet.dec.com!klaes |> or klaes%advax.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com |> or klaes%advax.enet.dec.com@uunet.uu.net |> |> "All the Universe, or nothing!" - H. G. Wells |> |> EJASA Editor, Astronomical Society of the Atlantic The actual site is between the first and ninth fairways of a golf course on a hilltop near the Auburn Mall. It is marked by a small granite obelisk about 1 meter tall. I've played past it many times. There is a "Rocket Park" commemorating Goddard beside the mall. Charlie (I have no opinions)