Artemis 2.
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CallMeBigErn
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@StanleyKubrickDawg, true?
CallMeBigErn
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Love it.
NY Times attempts to school Robert Goddard on rocketry. They won't work in space because there is no air to push against. Same as it ever was. Had to wait a few years before their commie foreign correspondent Walter Duranty won a Pulitizer lying about the Soviet Union starving out the Ukraine. NY Times and Tugtards continue to play the useful idiots.
And on January 13, 1920, the New York Times published an editorial insisting that a rocket couldn't possibly work in space:
And on January 13, 1920, the New York Times published an editorial insisting that a rocket couldn't possibly work in space:
Goddard pushed back against the wave of criticism in a Scientific American article later that year, but Newton's Third Law doesn't apply to public relations, and his response was mostly drowned out by the attacks. He retreated from the public eye, and from most interaction with other scientists, but continued his research.
Sat on the beach this evening with a cocktail to watch the launch. About 100 people were there with us. Very cool.
MikeDamone
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I watched it. Teared up. When the launch director was asking all the leads if they were a go. Tear jerker.
MikeDamone
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I did too. But the beach was on the Columbia River and the launch was on my phone
Merica
They are going further this time though so the statement is accurate
CallMeBigErn
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The only truthful thing he said during the speech.
houseofpain247
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Same. Thought it was very cool.