Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch(nytimes.com)

4 pointsby tusslewakevor 4 Monaten2 comments

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/science/robert-goddard-rocket-100th-anniversary.html

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ahazred8tavor 4 Monaten

March 1926 to October 1957 -- It only took us 31 years to get to orbit. And 5 more years to get to Venus.

mmoossvor 4 Monaten

Spoiler: That cabbage patch was on the property of Robert Goddard's aunt.