Space:  Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today

A hundred years ago, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, making him the ‘Father of Modern Rocketry’.

His historic 1926 flight in Auburn, Mass. saw a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket fly 41 feet in altitude and come back to Earth in about 2.5 seconds.

The rocket went 41 feet high.  I’ve seen 2-liter bottle rockets built by a 12 year-olds go higher than that.

Goddard gets credit for the innovation, not for the performance.