From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!aka779 Newsgroups: net.space Title: Re: Happy Birthday Robert Goddard! Article-I.D.: inuxd.154 Posted: Thu Sep 16 13:12:16 1982 Received: Fri Sep 17 03:21:43 1982 References: tekcad.183 While you're celebrating the birthday of this pioneer, keep in mind that it is also the 25th anniversary of another pioneer--SPUTNIK, to whom we owe the gratitude for pushing us into the space age. Anyone ever think what would (or more aptly, WOULDN'T ) have happened if that little Vanguard had gone first? No Apollo and maybe no Americans in space...