Among his inventions were a fuel made of liquid oxygen and paraffin, a multi-stage launcher, and the world's first gyroscopically-controlled rocket.
In 1960, fifteen years after his death, the U.S. military admitted to infringing on nearly 200 of his patents and paid his widow over a million dollars in compensation. Among his inventions were a fuel made of liquid oxygen and paraffin, a multi-stage launcher, and the world's first gyroscopically-controlled rocket. FTP, name this Clark University professor posthumously recognized as the father of modern rocketry.
In 1960, fifteen years after his death, the U.S. military admitted to infringing on nearly 200 of his patents and paid his widow over a million dollars in compensation.
Robert {Goddard}