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    In 1920, the New York Times publicly ridiculed a famous scientist, saying the average high schooler had more knowledge than he. They later retracted their comments, though it took 49 years. Who was the scientist and what prompted the retraction?

    Question #111106. Asked by Datsmeharse. (Nov 27 09 3:17 PM)


    kevinatilusa

    		Popular Science (see link below) has a scan of the 1969 retraction of the Times ridicule of Robert Goddard for his claim that rockets could fly in space. The retraction was printed while Apollo 11 was on its way to the moon.

    http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-07/new-york-times-nasa-youre-right-rockets-do-work-space

    Nov 27 09, 5:26 PM

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