History of Space Exploration: Chapter 1, Exercise 3 — Possible Solution
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WHY A LANDMARK
It was the first liquid-fuel rocket launch, and Goddard's 1914 patents had
described a liquid-propellant rocket. The distance mattered less than showing
the design could fly.

WHAT THE CHAPTER DOES NOT SAY
How contemporaries judged the flight. The only reaction reported is the 1920
New York Times editorial mocking his moon-rocket proposal, six years earlier,
and its 1969 correction.