Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.

• 研究火箭的科学家Robert Goddard认为火箭喷射不能在外太空稀薄的空气里进行,而他的这一观点被该领域的同伴们无情地拒绝。