lindbergh thanking goddard for sending reports about his experiment and the correspondence until goddard to death. clippingsve newspaper that esther and robert kept. we have put up until robertson dead on our website -- depth on our website. esther kept them until the end of her life. have the first four clippings from the clippings that appeared after his message of reaching extreme altitudes appeared in january 1920. one of them described that he has devised a rocket that could hit the moon and then after that , things often got a little more extreme. picturesstarted having of what the rocket might look like. flyer whoe, there's a volunteered to go along on the rocket. i think his only condition was he have life insurance. clippings io 1929 after were from the rocket exploded in july on landing. people thought a plane had crashed. this was in the boston paper. just this paper rocketmoon market -- man's test alarms whole countryside. they have clippings basically from all around the country and the wire services published things all around the country. the other thing that is brought ou

robert goddard is the father of modern rocketry. it says that on the sign when you come into worcester, massachusetts. he invented the liquid fueled rocket and proved that such rocket travel is possible. he was truly a visionary and innovator. we hear so much today about visionaries and innovators. he was a visionary and an innovator over 100 years ago. robert goddard did a lot of experiments in his life he came out of the laboratory and went into the field to test his rockets. he did some of that here in central massachusetts. there is rumored to be a roof that is patched on the campus as a result of one of his experiments. then he asked he asked we did a lot of experiments in new mexico he got an early grant from the smithsonian to actually going test is technology in the new mexico desert. he went and did a lot of test and had early successes. it really did not live to see the true implementation of his technology for broader use. he died before he knew what he all of spaceas exploration today. viewed he is also widely as someone

respectfully yours, robert goddard. response was very short, but he did send a card back saying dear mr. gothard, thanks we are friendly letter. it is the sort of greeting we appreciate from people like you. yours, hg wells. i also brought out letters between goddard and charles lindbergh. ofy had a great deal correspondence between when they met in 1929 and it is interesting that in one of these letters, charles lindbergh asks gothard's advice on an experiment he's doing. says i'm building a tank which will contain oxygen. i would like to use mineral oil and send them up with the instruments. do you believe there's any danger due to combustion? have you any idea an explosion or rapid combustion would take place? the -- it is sort of fun he's asking for advice. saying ifote him back it was grounded, there would not be a serious danger from static electricity. there are often letters between for thinking goddard reports about his experiment. the correspondence continued until gothard's death. clippingsve newspaper that w

work on the second flight module began in 1965 under the direction of goddard.cheduled to launch in 1966, and nimbus will carry daytime and nighttime systems. an attractive feature will be the ability of small, relatively inexpensive ground stations to receive life pictures during the daytime and infrared pictures at night. 1965 has seen multiple a competence from the lunar and planetary programs-- accomplishments from the lunar and planetary programs. the exemplary pictures and sent back from the successful ranger ssion made modifications to earlier theories about the moon, resulting in lunar maps and models of accuracy and scale to within a few feet. area within the see of photographs was renamed "the lone sea." gena has provided a vehicle system. 10 out of 11 lunches were successful. they ranger system is key to the objectives. the key to these was the accurate guidance and command system and camera technology. the systems performed at their was when ranger nine launched of successfully in march. as it approached the moon, it sent back from six cameras more t

robert goddard was an innovator.today, we are trying to encourage and educate the next generation of innovators. today, yes, we have a great program in aeronautics, but we also have fabulous programs in robotics engineering. we have programs in health, biotechnology, pushing the edge is indeed a science. -- edge in data science. bleare proud to be a to follow in his footsteps. we are the only university to host a nasa centennial challenge. is aentennial challenge game where teams all over the world compete to advanced technology. technology. \ they can-- they can win $1 million. nasa has asked them to develop rovers to go to mars. we are the only university to host 20 these events. --host one of these events. we have a huge public event called "touch tomorrow." that is the sample return robot challenge. people get to come to the university and experience the latest and greatest in wpi technology. come out in june for "touch tomorrow" and see the future. >> our city store staff recently traveled to which chester, mass

goddard attributes his first interest in space travel and his first interest in a career in science to a day in 1899. he went outside with a saw and a hatchet, and he was meant to trim the dead branches off a cherry tree. and he climbed the tree -- i think he made himself a little ladder to get up the tree -- and while he was up in the tree, he looked down on the fields around him, and he thought how wonderful it would be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars. >> watch c-span's cities tour today at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> professor menzie chinn, your book, "lost decades: the making of america's debt crisis and the long recovery." how big is the u.s. debt, and who owns it? what do we mean by "owns"? >> guest: the u.s. debt is $14 trillion, and it's maybe in terms of publicly-held debt about 70% of gdp. so that's giving you some perspective. it tells you, you know, it's an unprecedented amount at least in postw

robert goddard was born in worcester, and was a graduate of the western polytechnic school. hosted by our charter communications cable partners, the c-span cities tour staff visited the city. learn about worcester all weekend on american history tv. >> abby kelley foster was a soman's rights, humans bright and abolitionist. as a lecturerreer for the american antislavery society. she went to an antislavery meeting and william lloyd garrison was the speaker. she was 21 years old at the time. it was really then that she decided she had to do something for the cause. she did join the female antislavery society and raised a lot of funds and took petitions around to be signed, and was very active on behalf of the movement.st's she became a radical abolitionist, unlike a lot of at the time, she felt, not only should slavery be ended, but people should be treated equally. she then decided, not long after giving her first public speech in 1838, she would become a lecturer for that american antislavery society. abby really spoke from the heart, and yet, she did a lot of studying. she

. >> robert goddard attributes his first interest in space travel, and his first interest in a career in science, to a day in 1899. he went outside with a solid and saw and the -- a hatchet, and he was meant to trim the dead branches off a cherry tree. he climbed the tree, i think he made himself a little ladder to get up the tree, and while he was up in the tree, he looked down on the field around him, and thought, how wonderful it would be to build a device that could leave the earth, and maybe even travel to mars. tourtch c-span's cities today at 2:00 eastern. tour, workingies with our cable affiliates, and visiting cities across the country. >> each week, american history america" brings you archival films that bring context to today's public affairs issues. in april.ibbean blue. gentle surf. lite leisurely -- sun leisurely beaches. warmth, laughter, and fun, but in april 1965, a scene of violence, unrest, and upheaval, endangering the security of the hemisphere. it is a threat that is immediately recognized. >> the american nation cannot, not permitnd will the establishment of an

he spent a career at the goddard space center. he said americans need to unite now to fight modern threats like they did during the world wars. >> we're all americans, not arab or irish or anything else. as we are today, we've been separated. >> the oldest surviving world war ii vet, 110-year-old frank levingston was also in attendance today. what a proud day for a lot of people there. >>> well, here is doug now with a check on that forecast. they had a spectacular day out there. and we're in the middle of what, it's beyond a string now. >> you almost call it a heatwave. >> if this was the middle of summer. 10, 15 degrees above average, we would be at 95 to 100 degrees. that's not going to be the case, obviously. but we are talking about temperatures into the mid- to upper 60s as we move into the weekend that is about 15 degrees above average. let's take a look outside right now. still a very mild night. at least in the city. 51 degrees under partly to mostly cloudy skies. we do have some clouds overhead. but not a lot. i'll show

. >> robert goddard attributes first interest in space travel and first interest in a career in sigh zones to to day in 181919. he went out with a saw and hatchet. 1899. he was meant to trim dead branches off cherry tree. he climbed a tree. he made himself a little ladder to get up the tree. and while he was up in the tree, he looked down on the fields around him and he thought, how wonderful it would be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars? >> watch c-span cities tour saturday at 12 noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. c-span cities tour, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> former federal reserve chair alan greenspan said expanding the h1b visa program may help increase productivity numbers. greenspan's comments came at the council on foreign relations in new york city. he also touched on the fed's recent rate increase and china's economy. this is about an hour. >> welcome, folks. thanks to the council on -- >> welcome to you. >> we have w

doctor ken carpenter joins us live from maryland at nasa's goddard space flight center to phenomenon. ((sherry swensk)) thanks, sherry how's the weather today? sherry swensk waiting for the sun to come up this morning... milder temps up on the mountain. .......... we might get a little more snow up at the top with a system sliding through later tomorrow... maybe you're thinking of heading out to ski or snowboard. check out our ski report at las vegas now dot com. ............. temps will make it to milder 50s around the valley today... even 60 tomorrow before a slight chance of showers. mild for santa next week. back to you! ((kirsten joyce)) > president southern california today. ((brian loftus)) two weeks ago -- syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik opened fire at a holiday party in the area ...killing 14 people the pair were later killed in a gun battle with police. the president will meet privately with the families of the victims in the san bernardino terror attack. the visit comes just one day after one of the suspect's friends was charged with aiding the terror plot./// patra

nasa scientist joins us liver from the goddard space flight center in green belt, maryland to tell usore about that, good morning, patty, thanks for being with us. >> good morning, nicole. my pleasure to be here. >> hearing nasa released new image some are calling a cosmic light saber. what are we seeing in this image? >> right. so this is actually a region, in our galaxy, fairly nearby, in the orion star forming region watch we are looking at here is newborn baby star, material is collapsing on to the star by graf at this, and it is shooting out jets in its polls, called bipolar outflows, moving at supersonic speeds, lighting up the space, looks like double bladed light saker. >> right in time for the premiere of the movie, so you timed that very well, patty watch are some of the other images that hubble has captured stars in gala galaxies say far far away? >> hubble is iconic, its images so beautiful, star forming regions in galaxies light up s looat nearby, like spiral similar to the milky way, see where the star forming region, gal axe axis colliding looking further back in time,

robert goddard, best known as the father of modern rocketry to learn about his contribution to sciencehis first attributes and his in space travel first interest in a career in 1899.e to a day in he went outside with a saw and a hatchet and was meant to trim the dead branches off the cherry tree and he climbed the tree. i think he made himself a little letter to get up. while he was up in the tree, he looked down on the field around him and got "how wonderful would it be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars? " >> sunday afternoon at 2:00 in american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. all persons having business before the honorable the supreme court of the united states will manage to draw near and give their attention. on c-span's landmark cases, we look at the case on one of the most divisive issues to come before the supreme court -- abortion. versus wade was decided in january 1973. it is a case that is controversial, constantly under and there is a question i suppose wh

government climate network and then amplified by two of the main officials service records, the goddard institute for space studies and the national climate data center, which used the warming trends to estimate temperatures across the vast regions of the earth where no measurements are taken. yet, these are the very records on which the scientists and politicians rely for their belief in quote, global warming." he has turned his attention to weather stations between canada 51 degrees west and heart of siberia, and nearly every case, the same one-adjustments have been made to show warming up to one degree centigrade or higher than the data that was actually recorded. this has surprised no one more than johnson who is in charge of climate research for the iceland office and with holmwood has been in touch. johnson was amazed to see how the new version completely disappears iceland's sea-ice years around 1970, when a period of extreme cooling almost devastated his country's economy. one of the first examples of these adjustments was exposed in steve the engineer mcintyre when he discovere

it stephen goddard. ild not talk to me, did talk to one of the people that helped him get the company off the ground. he said that people allow their motions to get in the way and steve does not do that. i guess what he would say is there just good stocks. and apparently he's not even particularly a gun enthusiast. right?is that by no means is it characterizing itself is outside the norm by investing in these. it's not as though the company has camouflage backgrounds. there are an interesting group of investors. have quinton toppled in recent years and now they have investors in some of the biggest pension plans in the u.s.. is one ofllister's them, and we remember after the most recent school shooting, they said they would divest. big deal.was a that's all of the retired teachers in california and we andsitting in manhattan, the teachers fund also had a investment -- i think it was like $30 million. on one hand there are probably people who find these distasteful. but if they are good stocks, the invest

. >> and finally we will look at the collection of physicist robert goddard, best known as modern rocketry. we will look at his papers, diaries, and artifacts. he attributed his first interest in space travel and a career in science to a day in 1899. side with a saw and a hatchet and he was meant to trim branches off a cherry tree. he climbed the tree. i think he made himself a little ander -- a little ladder, while he was in the tree, he looked down on the fields around him and he thought how wonderful it would be to build some kind theevice that could leave earth and maybe even travel to mars. >> watch c-span cities tour today at 2 p.m. eastern on .merican history tv on c-span3 the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates to visit cities around the country. ♪ >> abigail fillmore was the first first lady to work outside the home. for theessfully lobbied creation of a library. andly eisenhower's color hairstyle were copied by women. nancy rakas as a young actress saw her name mistakenly on the blacklist of communist sympathizers. she appealed to's green actors guild president

. >> robert goddard attributes his first interest in space travel and his first interest in a career in science to a day in 1899. he went outside with a saw and a hatchet, he was meant to trim the dead branches off a cherry tree. and he climbed the tree. i think he made himself a little ladder to get up the tree, and while he was up in the tree he looked down on the field around him and he thought how wonderful it would be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars. >> watch c-span city tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv o and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> federal reserve chair janet yellen official announced an increase in the key federally controlled interest rate wednesday. this is a first rate hike in nine years. she explained the logic and then took questions from reporters at a news conference in washington. this is just over one hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. earlier today, the federal open mar

hisobert goddard attributes first interest in space travel and his first interest in the career of science to a day in 1899. he went outside with a saw and hatchet. he was meant to trim the dead branches off a cherry tree. and maded the tree himself a little ladder to get up the tree. tree, hewas up in the looked down on the field around him and thought, how wonderful it would be to build some kind of device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars? c-span two possible tv and american history tv on c-span three. c-span2 possible tv and american history tv on c-span3. >> the house and senate are adjourned until the new year. both groups finished up their legislative business yesterday by passing a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill to fund the government through next september and extend certain tax provisions. lawmakers will return in january to officially begin the second session of the 1/14 congress. -- 114th congress. paul ryan and mitch mcconnell sat down with politico to discuss what congress accomplished this past year and other issues in my take on the 2016. -- it mi

. >> robert goddard attributes his first interests in space travel and his first interest in a career in science to a day in 1899. he went outside with a saw and hatchet and he was meant to trim the dead branches off a cherry tree, and he climbed the tree, and i think he made himself a little ladder to get up the tree, and while he was up in the tree, he looked down on the fields around him, and he thought how wonderful it would be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars. >> watch see c-span's cities tour. the c-span cities tour, visiting cities across the country. >>> earlier today we spoke to editor and founder of "the weekly standard" about this week's republican debate. here is a look. >> bill crystal, just to continue the conversation we have been having with our viewers for the first time since 9/11, government's job rating on terrorism turns negative and people do not feel safe. >> san bernardino was the first attack since then, and that's part of it and the sense of the world is chaotic, and the middle east is chaotic and it can'

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