What were Dr. Goddards thoughts about the first liquid-fueled rocket flight?
In his diary for March 16, 1926, Dr. Goddard wrote, “Went to Auburn with S[achs] in am. E[sther] and Mr. Roope came out at 1 pm. Tried rocket at 2:30. It rose 41 ft, & went 184 ft, in 2.5 secs, after the lower half of nozzle had burned off.” On another page he continued by writing, “The first flight with a rocket using liquid propellants was made yesterday at Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn. The day was clear and comparatively quiet. The anemometer on the Physics lab was turning leisurely when Mr. Sachs and I left in the morning, and was turning as leisurely when we returned at 5:30 pm. Even though the release was pulled, the rocket did not rise at first, but the flame came out, and there was a steady roar. After a number of seconds it rose, slowly until it cleared the frame, and then at express train speed, curving over to the left, and striking the ice and snow, still going at a rapid rate. It looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said
In his diary for March 16, 1926, Dr. Goddard wrote, “Went to Auburn with S[achs] in am. E[sther] and Mr. Roope came out at 1 pm. Tried rocket at 2:30. It rose 41 ft, & went 184 ft, in 2.5 secs, after the lower half of nozzle had burned off.” On another page he continued by writing, “The first flight with a rocket using liquid propellants was made yesterday at Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn. The day was clear and comparatively quiet. The anemometer on the Physics lab was turning leisurely when Mr. Sachs and I left in the morning, and was turning as leisurely when we returned at 5:30 pm. Even though the release was pulled, the rocket did not rise at first, but the flame came out, and there was a steady roar. After a number of seconds it rose, slowly until it cleared the frame, and then at express train speed, curving over to the left, and striking the ice and snow, still going at a rapid rate. It looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said
