Robert H. Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American physicist, inventor, and engineer credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket and innovation.
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About Goddard
[edit]- Robert H. Goddard, the father of American rocketry, built the first liquid-fueled rocket because he’d read H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds when he was a teen and wanted to know if we really could go to Mars.
