13 January 1920: The New York Times printed an editorial mocking Dr. Robert H. Goddard's monograph A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes—detailing his experiments in rocketry for the Smithsonian Institution—& denying the theoretical ability of rockets to operate in outer space; on 17 July 1969, the day after Apollo 11 lifted off toward the Moon, the Times printed a modest correction.
Lest we forget.
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