Robert H. Goddard was devoted to the research and
development of all the essential aspects of the modern rocket. Goddard’s interest began in a magic
moment.
In the New England autumn of 1899 Goddard was a 17-year-old
high school student who climbed a cherry tree and while gazing down, he
experienced a kind of epiphany, an image of a vehicle capable to carrying him
to Mars. He swore at that moment he
would make this his life’s task. Exactly
one year later and then every October 19 Goddard climbed that same tree to
recollect that vision.
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