slantvaliant wrote:fasted58 wrote:Dad taught at Robert Goddard High School in Roswell, NM. Goddard had lived in and experimented with rockets around Roswell in the 1930's. We painted my first bike Columbia blue, one of the school colors (Navy, Columbia Blue, and White). We never heard about space aliens around Roswell then (mid-60's), but we darn sure knew who Goddard was. Almost forgot:etifosi wrote: 90 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket.I distinctly remember that photo from my yoof, a major influence on me becoming a science nerd/ egghead. Thanks much for posting, that takes me way back.
Sitting in Building 33 at GSFC right now, helping to get things like this out to the people:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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