16 March 1926: Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket from his aunt's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts; the rocket, Nell, rose forty-one feet vertically & traveled one hundred eighty-four feet horizontally; liquid propellants are tricker to handle than solid propellants, but yield a higher specific impulse, the amount of thrust produced per unit weight of fuel, & can be throttleable.
MU330, "Rocket Fuel" from MU330 (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)
Commentary: "Rocket Fuel" isn't about rocketry, but parenting, yet the title was too on the nose to resist.
Semper exploro.
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