Robert Goddard Space Pioneer Author:Dewey, Anne Perkins One weekend morning in 1898 a muffled explosion rocked the house belonging to Nahum Goddard and his family in Boston. But there was no panic. This happened to be the third such explosion in less than a month, so it was no wonder! Whenever young Bob Goddard retired to his bedroom-laboratory to do an experiment, the family was prepared for anyt... more »hing....« less