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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Robert Goddard
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 19:34:42 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 11 19:34:42 1986
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>    I wonder if Goddard will ever get the respect that he deserves from the
>  space community?

One negative aspect of Goddard's work, unfortunately, is that after some
unfortunate brushes with the press he didn't publish very much.  As a result,
the people doing US rocket development re-invented many of his ideas on
their own.  The US government did belatedly recognize his contributions and
the infringement on his patents, and made a large royalty payment to his
widow.  But a lot of US rocketry does not derive all that directly from his
work, since it was so poorly known hereabouts.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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