"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 - 9:11pm
Space Shuttle Atlantis

This photo was taken at 1:15 AM, July 8, 2011,  after being at my location for about an hour. This is 12 miles from the launch pad.