Astounding Wonder

When physicist Robert Goddard, whose career was inspired by H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, published "e;A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes,"e; the response was electric. Newspaper headlines across the country announced, "e;Modern Jules Verne Invents Rocket to Reach Moon,"e; while people from around the world, including two World War I pilots, volunteered as pioneers in space ...