700 M.P.H. ROCKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18858, 8 November 1935, Page 7

700 M.P.H. ROCKET

AMERICAN'S INVENTION BACKED BY LIND.BEKGH ROSSWELL, New Mexico, Sept. 2(5. Experiments with a nickel designed io earrv scientific instruments ">0 miles or more above the earth's surface have won the approval of Colonel Charles Lindbergh. On his recommendation, if was .announced to-day, the inventor, Professor Robert Goddard, will continue io receive the financial support of the Guggenheim Foundation. Four years ago Dr. Goddard, who had been experimenting with rockets for 20 years, established his laboratory in this lonely desert region, where he knew he could work undisturbed and without disturbing other people. His early successes with flying machines of! Ihis kind had aroused the interest of Colonel Lindbergh. Since then Dr. Goddard has not only perfected a device for automatically j

stabilising the rocket in flight, but has succeeded on several occasions in sending into the air a 12ft. metal projectile which leaves the ground at 700 m.p.h. This rocket is driven by a highly cxplnsiye mixture of liquefied oxygen an,l pei rol. Its vertical direction is maintained bv a gyroscope, but the demils Of its construction still remain a closelv guarded secret. During the week-end, Colonel Lindbergh, accompanied 'by Mr Harry E. Guggenheim, acting as representative of the foundation, were the guests n£ Dr. Goddard, who. demonstrated Hie latest results of his research work. Tlicv were so impressed (.lull they deride',! he should be given the. opportunity.

Dr. C. G. Abbott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washingion, predicted to-day thai Dr. Goddard rt -as on the eve of making important discoveries in regions above the stratosphere which are inaccessible to balloons.