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Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch

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Post by tusslewake » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC

Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch
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Post by mmooss » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

Spoiler: That cabbage patch was on the property of Robert Goddard's aunt.

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Post by ahazred8ta » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC

March 1926 to October 1957 -- It only took us 31 years to get to orbit. And 5 more years to get to Venus.

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