Hehe, well, rockets have actually been around for millenia. The Star Spangled Banner, for example, has the line, "the rocket's red glare." Iirc, I think their first use was Chinese "fire arrows" around 1,000 BC.Those are solid rockets, though. What makes Goddard so special is his was a liquid-fueled rocket. Those are an entirely different thing.You can make a solid rocket with some black powder, paper and glue in your basement. Liquid-fueled rockets are typically only made by enormous space agencies, and are often so complex and advanced that not even college students can build them (university rocket clubs).It's all very nuanced and complicated, but the basics of it are: Solid Rockets cannot get you to the moon. They can't even get you into space without very advanced 1970's - type aerospace technology. Liquid Rockets put the Voyager probes into interstellar space, and put a manned craft on the Moon.A joke? Nonsense! It must be technically accurate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2s1I_… (Mostlyjk)