Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age
- ISBN-10
- 0756798515
- ISBN-13
- 9780756798512
- Series
- Rocket Man
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Author
- David H. Clary
Description
More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, Goddard was the Amer. founder of rocketry & space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets & the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh & Harry Guggenheim, he devised the methods that carried men to the moon. Yet Goddard is the forgotten manÓ of the space age. After the Germans launched the V-2 missiles of WW2, the Amer. gov't. usurped his 214 patents & suppressed his contributions in the name of nat. security, until it was forced to pay 1 million dollars for patent infringement. Goddard became famous again, but his renewed fame soon faded, & his pivotal role in launching the space age has been largely forgotten -- until now. Photos.
