Chapter 103: The Father of Rockets (Plus 2)
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Riding in a pickup truck given by Ford, Ciric and several of his guards galloped on the intercontinental highway of the United States, with no end in sight.
This is Ford's latest BB pickup, compared with the big Raptor of the future, the current Ford pickup looks more cute, yes, it is indeed a little cute, the car of this era, the shape is almost round!
Coming to the United States, the main task has been almost completed, contacting two fans of Hitler, Hughes and Ford, pulling their capital and technology, to serve Germany, and at the same time, since he came to the United States, Ciric has some other things.
For example, in the United States, there is an aspiring scientist who is struggling to raise funds to carry out his experiments.
This man was embarrassed all his life, and it was not until afterwards that his research was taken seriously, recognized by the scientific community, and by public opinion, and even gave him the title of the father of modern rocketry.
Right! What Ciric is looking for is someone who can study ballistic missiles, no, sounding rockets!
When it comes to rockets, many military fans will think of Braun, Qian Xuesen, Carmen and others, and these people can almost be regarded as his apprentices! He was the first person to develop rockets!
Robert Goddard, born in 1882 and died of throat cancer in 1945, was an American professor, engineer and inventor and inventor of the liquid rocket. He launched the world's first liquid rocket on March 16, 1926!
Goddard successfully applied three-axis control, gyroscopes and controllable thrust to the rocket, effectively controlling the flight of the rocket.
Goddard obtained a total of 214 patents during his lifetime, 83 of which were granted during his lifetime. In his honor, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was named after him. The Goddard crater on the moon is also named after him.
It's just that in this era, Goddard is still poor, you know, to engage in rockets, which was originally a national project, and now it is simply too difficult to let one person do it!
While Goddard's work was revolutionary, his research and development work enjoyed little public support. The press sometimes ridiculed his theories of astronautics.
The New York Times reporters, for example, ridiculed him for not even knowing the basics of high school physics and fantasizing about a trip to the moon. They simply named Goddard "Moonman".
Goddard was not afraid of the ridicule of public opinion, he believed in his ideals, and at the same time, he raised money from everywhere, probably the largest of which was the $50,000 that Hughes raised for Goddard from the Ggenheim Foundation.
With these funds, Goddard moved with his family and four assistants to Roswell, New Mexico, to build his launch site.
From that time on, Goddard remained with Roswell until his death.
And now, Goddard not only has to do research, but also constantly worry about money! Ciric believed that as long as the conditions were excellent, Goddard would definitely be willing to follow!
Ciric had already planned to build a new base for Goddard in Libya, where no one had noticed, and Germany would fully guarantee Goddard's research and development funds, and at the same time send a group of technicians to conduct research together!
Libya is relatively secretive, and at the same time, it is quite empty, and you don't have to worry about safety when launching rockets, which is the best!
The United States is a vast country, and there are very few railroads in the United States, and almost everything is transported by road.
In this era, just the era when horse-drawn carriages were phased out and automobiles became popular, and as an industrialized country, the horse-drawn carriages of the United States were phased out quite quickly.
At least, the U.S. is already a vast country, so it's hard to see vehicles after walking for a long time now.
"In Detroit, we see that the U.S. industry is too strong, but here, again, we feel like we're in the countryside." Graff said to Ciric as he drove.
"That's because the territory of the United States is too vast, and a country with a vast territory is very difficult to defeat, because they have enough strategic depth." Ciric sighed.
The territory of European countries is too small, which is also the reason why the blitzkrieg was able to win the first place, but when it came to the Soviet Union, it could not be advanced, because the territory of the Soviet Union was too vast!
If, Sirek, this is the case, the German army can advance to the United States, then the German army will also face the problem of great depth.
Forget it, these are still too far away, even if Ciric crossed over, full of confidence, he didn't think about pushing the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain or something, he had already established enough merits.
Wait until you find Goddard, have missiles that can hit the United States in advance, and put a few to play with when you have nothing to do, which seems to be very good.
Ciric withdrew his thoughts, looked his gaze outside, and suddenly, his eyes sharpened.
I don't know when I started, but behind my own vehicle, I actually followed a truck!
Now, there is no heavy truck like the big-nosed Optimus Prime in later generations, and the truck behind it is still a primitive truck, for example, even the cab is not roofed, and the back of this car is full of firewood and grass for a whole cargo box!
"Graff, when did the car in the back catch up?" Ciric said.
"A minute, what, is there a problem?" Graff asked.
"I don't know, speed up, get rid of it!" Ciric said.
In the back, followed by a car, on the usual road, is very common, but now, Ciric always has a sense of foreboding.
Hasten! Hearing Ciric's command, Graf stepped on the accelerator, and the engine in front of him roared, and the speed of the car became faster and faster.
"Look, there's something up ahead!" Just sped up, Graff exclaimed.
The road in the distance is shiny, and it must be sprinkled with broken glass! By now, Ciric was almost certain that there was something wrong with this!
Those glasses must have been made a long time ago, and some of them will show their tips vertically, and in this way, they will definitely puncture the tires!
At the same time, the truck behind it, emitting black smoke, apparently, the other party also stepped on the accelerator and wanted to crash into it!
It's a conspiracy, it's definitely a conspiracy, someone wants their own life! At this moment, a person's head flashed in Ciric's mind, could it be him?
In his ears, there was a sharp sound of brakes, and Graff stepped on the brakes.