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Successes
1. Gained attention when he
How Does this help prevent failing in the future for you?
Goddard's failures have taught me to:
- not get discouraged by factual errors
- stay strong when versing society
- be patient: the truth wiill come out eventually.
Citations
Redd, Noah T. "Robert Goddard: American Father of Rocketry." Space.com.
N.p., 25 Feb. 2013. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.
Robert Goddard: Rocketry Pioneer - EnchantedLearning.com." Robert
Goddard: Rocketry Pioneer - EnchantedLearning.com. EnchantedLearning.com, 2002. Web. 08 Nov. 2014.
Kumar, Mousumi S. "Dr. Robert H. Goddard: The Rocket Pioneer's Journey
through Failure and Criticism." Success Stories. N.p., 16 Jan. 2014. Web.
8 Nov. 2014.
Goddard's Background
- Birth: October 5, 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Goddard liked to experiment with his brother in their garden shed and make gasses.
- He was the only child to survive in his family
- Goddard became interested in science when he read "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells
- Died: August 10, 1945: twelve years before Sputnik was launched
How did Goddard fail?
1. Goddard failed many of his beginning rocket shoots.
2. Goddard was looked down upon for his view on rocket science in space.
He had an article in 1919 that the New York Times repied to as"seem(ing) to lack the knowledge ladeled out in high schools daily."
Did something positive come from failing?
Yes! Goddard finally launched his first working rocket on March 16, 1926, but the nose cone had melted.
Society didn't change their opinion until three days before men landed on the moon.
Robert Goddard:
First Rocket Scientist Ever
How did Goddard Respond to his failures?
Goddard wasn't angry or devastated when his early shootoffs failed.
Goddardreplied to the New York Times, saying,“Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.” (source 3)
To Goddard, experiments were never failures. "He called them unsuccessful series that took him to a destination successfully and he would never be successful with." (source 3)