robert einstein. [ applause ] >> and robert goddard, the american rocket pioneer, yankee inventor, dreamer, they called him the moon man and laughed. but on his own, he went ahead designing, inventing and testing. his first proving grounds were on his aunt effie's farm in auburn, massachusetts. the neighbors complained. with a grant from daniel googenheim, his wife was his camera woman. he launched the first propellant rocket in 1956. he had patents from multi fuel rockets and clustered engines. ♪♪ ♪♪ by the year 1930, his rockets achieved a speed of 500 miles per hour and an altitude of 2,000 feet. this was the year in which the three apollo astronauts were born. goddard had a vision of the age of space, but the world was too slow to make it happen before his death. >> thank you, robert goddard, for your inventiveness and perseverance. for most people, a trip to the planets was easy. all you needed was a 10 cent movie ticket and a nickel bag of popcorn. ♪♪ shl ♪♪ ♪♪ >> what was that? >> i don't know. >> they're coming up fast behind us. >> here they come. you better pu

the hanger we call a vehicle somebody building is so large that robert goddard's first rocket launch would not have escaped its confines. columbia, through her we expect much. now, since our expectation in the air cradled and the projectile shaped external tank. >> we are rolling out now. james: today is the day that the shuttle passes through the eye of the needle. aboard the elephantine transporter, she journeys. it is a trip made with deliberate speed. ♪ james: lawn trickle -- launch control rehearses skill, technique, procedures of that day to come. wrapped in attention and detail, columbia is now not many days from her destination. 2 15,000 foot runways, one in california, the other in florida will accept the returning ships when operational missions begin. down range, stations report and columbia is go for launch. >> n clear -- loud and clear. >> contact, houston, contact. james: the countdown has begun. ignition. ♪ james: after two minutes of flight, the solid rocket boosters burn out and follow i -- fall away. they are recovered in the atlantic 175 miles downrange to be t

goddard's first launch would not have escaped its confines. columbia, through her we expect much, and now sits our expectation in the air, cradled, to be mated with the solid rocket boosters in the external tank -- and the external tank. >> ok, we are rolling out now. narrator: today, it is the day the shuttle passes through the eye of the needle. aboard the elephantine crawler transport, she journeys to pad 39, a trip made with the deliberate speed. ♪ >> landing site capability -- narrator: they rehearse, polish skills, techniques, procedures to come. >> roger. >> you have got data? narrator: wrapped in detail, columbia is not many days from her destination. two 15,000 foot runway's, was california and the other in florida, will accept the returning ships was operational missions began. downrange, stations report. and columbia is scope for lunch. -- go for lunch. >> affirmative, read you loud and clear. >> houston, this is -- >> bermuda. >> contact -- >> roger, let me give you quick voice check. ♪ narrator: the countdown has begun. igniti

goddard's first rocket launch would not have escaped its confines. columbia. through her we expect much, and now sits our expectation in the air cradled to be mated to the , two solid rocket boosters and the projectile-shaped external tank. >> ok, we are rolling out now! ♪ james: today is the day the shuttle passes through the eye of the needle. aboard the elephantine crawler-transporter, she journeys to pad 39. it is a trip made with deliberate speed. ♪ ♪ james: launch control rehearses, publishes skills, techniques, procedures about day to come. [chatter] wrapped in attention and detail, columbia now is not many days from her destination. two 15,000-foot runways, one in california and the other in florida, will accept the returning ships when operational missions begin. downrange, stations report, and columbia is go for launch. [chatter] >> reading you loud and clear on all circuits. >> [speaking foreign language]. >> [speaking foreign language]. >> bermuda. >> contact houston. contact houston, contact. roger. let me give you a quick change.

the hangar, the building we call the assembly building, is so vast that robert goddard's first launch would not have escaped its confines. columbia. through her we expect much, and now sits our expectation in the air, cradled, to be made into the two solid rocket boosters and the projectile-shaped external tank. >> okay, we're rolling up now. >> today is the day the shuttle passes through the eye of the needle. aboard the elephantine crawler, she goes to 39. it is a trip made with deliberate speed. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> launch control rehearses. polishes skills, techniques, procedures of that day to come. >> roger, right engine. >> you got data back? >> wrapped in attention and detail, columbia now is not many days from her destination. two 15,000 foot run ways, one in california, one in florida, will accept ships when operational missions begin. down range, stations report. and columbia is go for launch. >> loud and clear. >> affirmative, loud and clear on all circuits. >> houston com tech. control houston. ♪♪ >> the countdown has begun. ignition. ♪♪ â™

robert goddard. for most people a trip to the planets was easy, all you needed was a ten cent movie ticket and a nickel bag of pop corbin. -- popcorn. ♪♪ >> what was that? >> i don't know. >> the ship is coming up fast behind us. >> here they come. you better put it in reverse, doc. >> what is this? >> once science fiction in the childhood of the space age could have guessed the shape of reality. the saturn 5 rocket. three stages, 28 stories tall, 11 engines as powerful as all of the water falls in north america combined. years in planning, months in the building and testing, the saturn first stage lived two minutes and 41 seconds. ♪♪ >> ignition. >> in houston, we're go all engines are looking good. >> you're loud and clear. >> two minutes, 41 seconds, time to throw apollo 40 miles up into the sky and then an empty shell to fall back into the sea. >> roger, we confirm. >> tower's gone. >> roger tower. >> they are confirming all of the separation. >> that is a magnificent ride. >> roger, 11,

. >> and robert goddard the rocket pioneer, the dreamershed and they called him the moon man and laughed, but on his own, he went on designing and inventing and testing. the first proving grounds were on his aunt effee's farm in auburn, massachusetts. the neighbors complained. with a grant from daniel guggenheim, he moved to new mexico with his wife es ster who was also his photographer. in the end, he had accumulated over 200 pattons from multi staged rockets to fuel pumps to multi-engine rockets. by the year 1930s, his rockets had achieved a power of 2000 miles per hour and a altitude of 2000 feet. this is the year that the pa apollo astronauts were born. goddard had a vision of the age of space, but the world was too slow to make it after before -- make it happen before his death. thank you for your inventiveness and perseverance. for most people, it was easy. you just needed a movie ticket and a ten cent back of popcorn. >> what was that? >> i don't know. >> the ship is coming up fast behind us. >> here they come. you better put it in reverse, doc. >> what is this? >> once science fi

robert goddard who went off and got funded to do aeronautics and aerospace engineering and rockets? he was a crazy guy. but 300 of his patents. continue to be in every airplane that you and i travel on today. this was so when she says there's a lot in the articles. she says, oh, there's lots of failures. that's part of the point. right? i mean there couldn't have innovation without failure the minute you want to be failure free. it turns right. you're pretty boring, dude. sorry. do american philanthropists underserve the poor? yes. and therefore if they do underserve the poor why wouldn't a few well. my understanding of the legislative initiatives the green lining national commissioner committee for responsible philanthropist. they want to have a rules that would. require either directly or indirectly that the money be spent in a certain way or that they go to people go to groups that are certain kinds of groups. so if it is true that american philanthropists are under serving the poor. why wouldn't it be a good idea to have new rules that require them to? correct that imbalance bec

i think that is robert goddard. we want to push people out of their genre normally and the sort of thing i would normally go for is a book i had already written... sorry, already read, i wish i had written it! i wish i could write it. it is from maggie o'farrell, we cover that on show five and that is a beautiful book and the sort of thing i would normally go for, a lovely story, incredible characters and when i heard that was on the list of the big hitters, it was one less book i had to read for the show, hamnet. we had to read for the show, hamnet. we had from helen glover, fitting exercising around your children come around her life. have you found yourself having to read at all times while you do other stuff? yes yourself having to read at all times while you do other stuff?— yourself having to read at all times while you do other stuff? yes but it is kind of lovely, _ while you do other stuff? yes but it is kind of lovely, kind _ while you do other stuff? yes but it is kind of lovely, kind of _ while you do o

thank you robert goddard for your inventiveness and your perseverance. what for most people a trip to the planets was easy. all you needed was a ten cent movie ticket, and a nickel bag of popcorn. fault what you speed. was that? >> i don't know. >> it's coming up fast behind us. >> i know here they come you better put it in reverse. >> good what science fiction in the childhood of the space age could have guessed the shape of reality with saturn five rocket. three stages, 28 stories tall. with 11 engines as powerful as all the waterfalls in north america combined. years in the planning, months in the building in testing. the saturn first stage live but two minutes 41 seconds. we >> houston all twisters ago. >> loud and clear. >> two minutes 41 seconds, time to throw apollo 40 miles into the sky, and then an empty shell to fall back into the sea. ♪ ♪ ♪ roger we confirm. [inaudible] >> neil armstrong -- >> [inaudible] >> roger, well slob you're well on your way now. >> 11 used in it converge to looking good. >> downrange -- >> mission control in hous