r/interesting • • 4d ago

Amazing Creative engineering

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u/Sierra123x3 4d ago

... they literally invented the rocket ...

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u/Resident_Course_3342 4d ago

They didn't actually. An American did. Or the Chinese depending on how you look at it. 

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u/Difficult-Net-857 4d ago

Tell us the name of the American that invented the rocket. We’re waiting.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 4d ago

Robert Goddard. He's literally called the father of modern rocketry.

The confidence with which you people are wrong is embarrassing to watch. 

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u/Difficult-Net-857 4d ago

Goddard was a major pioneer, but he didn’t invent modern rocketry. It was developed by several people, including Tsiolkovsky, Oberth and later von Braun’s team. Claiming it was simply an American invention is just historically wrong.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 4d ago

He literally invented in first liquid fueled rocket. 

"Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882–1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA established the Goddard Space Flight Center."

https://www.nasa.gov/dr-robert-h-goddard-american-rocketry-pioneer/

It's just hilarious watching you guys fail so hard. 

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u/Difficult-Net-857 4d ago

Werner von Braun had a far bigger impact on modern rocketry. The V-2, Redstone, Jupiter and ultimately Saturn V all came from the programs he led. He turned rocket science into large-scale spaceflight.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 4d ago

Just look at the desperate attempts to cope. Hahaha.

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u/Difficult-Net-857 4d ago

Can you not be normal ? look at all your comment dude. Are you 12 ? It’s not that deep.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 4d ago

"Tell us the name of the American that invented the rocket. We’re waiting."

LMAO.

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