The Misunderstood Professor

摘要

Robert goddard could scarcely be lieve his eyes as he scanned the newspaper the morning of January 12,1920. A young physics professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, God-dard had figured that the scholarly paper he gave to the Smithsonian Institution, his sponsor for high-altitude research, might attract attention. But not this: "New Rocket Devised By Prof. Goddard May Hit Face Of The Moon" screamed the front-page headline in the Boston Herald.