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Topic: Goddard's first launch site now in a golf course
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stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-30-2014 09:34 AM
   
I just learned today that the site of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch (and therefore the location of this famous photo of Goddard and his rocket in its frame) is now within the Pakachoag Golf Course at 20 Upland Street in Auburn, Massachusetts. In 1926 it was a farm field; today you can see a monument at the launch site on the ninth fairway, and another one near a pond. If you're ever in south-central Massachusetts you can visit the site when the golf course is open. |
tnperri
Member Posts: 452
From: Malvern, Ohio
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 07-30-2014 09:46 AM
Looks like the monument needs some repair. They could of at least fixed it up. |
APG85
Member Posts: 306
From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 07-30-2014 06:26 PM
I'm glad there's a monument there. He was a great man. Charles Lindbergh admired him greatly... |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 07-31-2014 06:36 AM
It looks rather cheesy when you think of what happened there. From a distance it must look like a grave marker. |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-31-2014 10:55 AM
I think a good ol' obelisk is OK, especially since it's a bit reminiscent of the shape of a more-modern rocket... but I had already added to my lottery list to have a full-sized replica of the rocket (as seen in the 1926 photo) built and placed there. Stainless steel or titanium, depending on how much I win someday.Here, by the way, is a photo of the tablet placed at the landing site, about 184 feet away, by the American Rocket Society in 1960.
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