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What was the title of Robert Goddard's famous 1919 rocket pamphlet?

A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes.

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  1. Exploration of the Universe with Rockets
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Why: Goddard wanted a way to climb higher than balloons could go. His 1919 pamphlet used mathematics to analyze rockets that could reach extreme altitudes.

Huh, didn't know that: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is named in his honor.

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Goddard's pamphlet was a real page turner. Each page went a little higher.
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Answer: A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes. Goddard wanted a way to climb higher than balloons could go. His 1919 pamphlet used mathematics to analyze rockets that could reach extreme altitudes.

  1. NASA Glenn, Rocket History: 20th Century and Beyond www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/rocket/BottleRocket/20thBeyond.htm
    He published a pamphlet in 1919 entitled A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes
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