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Near the town of Auburn, a native of Massachusetts, an American engineer, physicist and rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard launched the world`s first liquid fuel rocket.Inspired by the work of HG Wells` "War of the Worlds, Goddard spent much of his professional life developing mathematical theories of rocket fuel and the theoretical rationale that the rocket engine thrust may develop, which would be sufficient to carry out manned space flight.
In his diary on that occasion, Goddard wrote: "W...
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