To a great degree, the dream of human interstellar travel is as evanescent today as it was to Robert Goddard at the dawn of the Air Age. Hardly had the Wright Brothers' first airplane engines cooled when Goddard began exploring mathematically, and then experimentally, the possibilities of rocket power. What made him special was a wonderful combination of vision and technical know-how. In his lifetime, he was the most famous scientist in America; and, like Nikola Tesla, a scientist who was also a bit of a media star, receiving both accolades and derision in the press. ESJ presents the following in the hopes that our readers will find the efforts and eloquence of this genius instructive and inspirational in their own efforts to bring the dream of interstellar travel into actuality.
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