Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

4 pointstusslewake3mo ago2 comments

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March 1926 to October 1957 -- It only took us 31 years to get to orbit. And 5 more years to get to Venus.

mmooss3mo ago

Spoiler: That cabbage patch was on the property of Robert Goddard's aunt.

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