"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.

— New York Times

September 11, 2004, Earlier in the Evening.

By JohnMiksits at Wed, 01/28/2009 - 5:41pm
September 11, 2004, Earlier in the Evening.

This photo was taken from Clifton, NJ.  Taken on September 11, 2004, at 7:40 PM.