"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.
Nice work!
on Sun, 01/18/2009 - 10:47pm
Nice work!
Thanks!
on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 11:05pm
Thanks!