"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.
"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.
Global waming
on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 11:40pm
..extended all the way to Mars?
Kewl !
on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 11:39pm
Super
When we go ice fishing on Mars?
Click on the 'original'
on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 11:24pm
Click on the 'original' selection, to see the sequence of shots. Awesome!!