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Rare archival footage of Robert Goddard launching his “model” rockets: Quick, fellas, jump in the Model T and let’s get outta here!
Earlier this week, I posted a podcast about “Goddard Dream Day.” Then I shared a newspaper feature story about how people in Worcester, Mass., celebrated Dream Day — with help from Goddard astrogeologist and Desert RAT Jim Rice . And here is some rare archival footage
This video is an excerpt from a film made by NASA in the 1970s about the Apollo 11 moon landing: Episode 1—The Day Before . I particularly enjoy the part where the rocketeers prepare a test shot and then practically leap into a waiting Model T Ford to withdraw to a safe spot. Early rockets had this bad habit of blowing up!
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“The neighbors complained.” What a great biography title that would have made.
Yeah, or “They all laughed at me at the academy, but I showed them!”
The Model-T is good but “The neighbors complained” is definitely my favorite part!
“Darn blast that Godard boy with all his potions and funny ideas!”