"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

Space Shuttle Atlantis

By Angelo at Mon, 07/25/2011 - 10:02pm
Space Shuttle Atlantis

Constructed the day before liftoff, I mounted 1/4 20 bolt on top of my 3" refractor to secure my son's HD video camera. My SLR was on the rear of the scope.