Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

BIAD - Wow! Feel free to interrupt anytime. Did not know he had recalled all copies. I can only imagine what one would go for in a (private) auction. That Ripon Cathedral is amazing. The age alone is astonishing to me.


March 16, 1926: Robert H. Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945), a professor in physics at Clark University, successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket at Aunt Effie's Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket, propelled by liquid oxygen and gasoline, went up to an altitude of 41 ft; average speed 60 mph; in air 2.5 sec; landed 184 ft from launching frame. This event was the "Kitty Hawk" of rocketry.


With new financial backing, Goddard eventually relocated to Roswell, New Mexico, in summer of 1930, as recommended by Charles Lindbergh where he worked with his team of technicians in near-isolation and relative secrecy for years.

Goddard was able to flight-test many of his rockets, but many resulted in what the uninitiated would call failures, usually resulting from engine malfunction or loss of control. Goddard did not consider them failures, however, because he felt that he always learned something from a test. This is very similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX adventures. Too bad Goddard didn't live a little longer when the Nazis came on scene as he was very secretive of his work and very distrustful of the militaristic Germans. Goddard was credited with 214 patents for his work; 131 of these were awarded after his death.

"Don't you know about your own rocket pioneer? Dr. Goddard was ahead of us all."
– Wernher von Braun, when asked about his work, following World War II.

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin Goddard is the name of the first development vehicle in Blue Origin's New Shepard program, which flew for the first time on November 13, 2006. Named after rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard, the vehicle is a subscale demonstrator and flew up to a height of about 279 ft during its initial flight.


March 16, 1945: Maj Gen Harry Schmidt declared that Iwo Jima was secure after 25 days of combat. A pocket of Japanese defenders continued to fight for two more weeks. ADM Nimitz's quotation about the courage of the Marines is inscribed on the USMC War Memorial in Arlington, VA.




March 16, 1968: Robert Kennedy announces bid for presidency...and The My Lai massacre...And everything yet to come.


The days of 1968 match up with 2024 now that we passed Feb 29th.
March 31, Sunday, will be Easter this year. It is also the Sunday (night) when LBJ announced he would not run. Let’s hope 2024 is not as tumultuous as was 1968. Sadly, I think it will be worse.


March 16, 1979: THE CHINA SYNDROME opened in New York and Los Angeles. 12 days later... well, you know.




Disruptive children at play...


Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong

Put them on a ship back to England. The US Navy needs a target for practice. Err, maybe a little too coarse. Set them on a heading for Pitcairn Island.

The Mutual Assured Destruction cult:




An Enemy of the People (1978) - Steve McQueen, Bibi Andersson. A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.






Youtube playlist of interview excerpts: Feynman: the Pleasure of Finding Things Out

March 16, 1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. Minor oversight...sigh.






In 1987, Casio released the TM-100, possibly the most unusual digital watch. It embedded circuitry to transmit audio signals with a telescopic antenna and could broadcast the audio to nearby radios over FM frequency.