Naval Research Laboratory / Research Laboratory / Propulsion Laboratory / Reaction Motors Inc. / Lake Denmark / Aerojet Engineering Corporation / Radio Laboratory / Naval Turbine Laboratory / Naval Aeronautical Rocket Laboratory / Navy / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Australia / United Kingdom / Germany / United States / /
Currency
USD / pence / /
Event
Legal Issues / Judicial Event / M&A / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Washington facility / New York harbor / Space Museum / Propulsion Laboratory / Annapolis station / Trauen facility / Naval Aeronautical Rocket Laboratory / Peenemuende laboratory / Experiment Station / Naval Ammunition Depot / Naval Research Laboratory / Harvey Hall / Naval Air Rocket Test Station / Naval Turbine Laboratory / Lincoln Memorial / Pearl Harbor / /
IndustryTerm
space travel / rocket applications / energy / earth satellite / satellite program / rocket manufacturer / satellite proposal / satellite project / gas turbine / guidance systems / experimental satellite program / little / satellite programs / liquid propellant takeoff assistance devices / potent scientific tools / stainless steel craft / /
NaturalFeature
Bay of Biscay / Mohave / Pompton Lakes / /
Organization
U.S. Air Force / War Department / Bureau of Ordnance / Army’s Peenemuende Center / Army / Gestapo / Navy / Naval Consulting Board of the United States / Joint Research and Development Board / Air Force / Air Corps / United States Navy / Army Air Force / Congress / American Rocket Society / Patrol Squadron / Department of Defense / /
Person
Collins Truax / James Wyld / Johannes Winkler / Robert Goddard / A. H. Taylor / John Kennedy / Braun / Leo Young Washington / Robert DeHavilland / Leo Young / Joseph Kennedy / Sandy Hook / Fink Fischer / Thomas A. Edison / Goering / Hitler / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Fred Durant / Dayton Seiler / Bob Truax / /
Position
President / exec. / director of astronautics for the National Air and Space Museum / Secretary / Chief / contractor / Director of engineering / professor / *The pilot / Lieutenant / officer / leader / director / Assistant Secretary / promising engineer / principal speaker / Commander / aeronautical engineering officer / /
Product
A-9 / A-10 / Bell X-1 / FOOT STEERABLE ANTENNA 27 R While Americans / /
ProvinceOrState
California / New Jersey / /
PublishedMedium
the Bellevue Magazine / /
Region
New England / southwest Washington / Mediterranean / /
W hile young Robert Goddard was antagonizing New England neighbors with his noisy contraptions i n I 9 1 5 , a n o t h e r v i s i o n a r y gentleman was penning a far-reaching proposal for the N e w Y o r k T i m e s