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One of the photos included in NASA's Flickr archive is this profile of Robert Goddard, a pioneer in rocket development. According to NASA, Goddard was ridiculed by some for a paper published in 1920 in which he theorized on the possibility of sending a rocket to the moon. By 1926, Goddard had constructed and tested the first rocket using liquid fuel.
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August 30, 2010 6:40 PM PDT
Photo by: NASA
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