R.L. Dane 
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"To achieve a stable flight without the need for fins, the rocket's heavy motor was located at the top, fed by lines from liquid oxygen and gasoline fuel tanks at the bottom."
Umm, actually, no. That's not how that works. That's what he intended to have happen, and it sounds like common sense, but this is actually the classic #PendulumFallacy of #rocketry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket#Pendulum_rocket_fallacy
Date: 2026 March 28
URL: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260328.html
Title: Robert Goddard and Nell
(No disrespect intended to Mr. Goddard. He was an epic pioneer, and the very best of us learn by making mistakes and analyzing the outcome to learn from them.)
