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From: klaes@advax.enet.dec.com (Larry Klaes)
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Subject: First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launching by Goddard - 65th Anniversary
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Date: 15 Mar 91 16:38:41 GMT
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    	Saturday, March 16, marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of Robert
    Goddard's launching of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, the
    ancestor of all modern liquid-fueled booster.  The flight took place
    in Auburn, Massachusetts (near Worcester) in 1926 and lasted only 2.5
    seconds, reaching an altitude of 12.3 meters (41 feet) and landing 
    (crashing, actually) 55.2 meters (184 feet) from the launch site in 
    his Aunt Effie's cabbage patch.  Today the launch area is commemorated 
    with a small monument surrounded by a busy street and numerous stores, 
    including the Auburn Mall.

         Larry Klaes 	klaes@advax.enet.dec.com
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