Chapter 103 Father of the Rocket (Plus 2)

Interstate highways in the United States are quite wide and, at the same time, quite desolate.

Riding a pickup truck given by Ford, Cyric took his own escorts and drove on the interstate highway in the United States, with no end in sight.

This is Ford's latest BB-type pickup. Compared with the big guys like the Raptor of later generations, the current Ford pickup looks more cute. Yes, it is indeed a little cute. The car of this era is almost round in shape!

Coming to the United States, the main task has been almost completed, contacting two fans of Hitler, Hughes and Ford, pulling their capital and technology to serve Germany, at the same time, since he came to the United States, Cyric has some other matter.

For example, right now, in the United States, there is a despondent scientist who is worrying about raising funds to carry out his experiments.

This man was embarrassed all his life, and it was not until afterwards that his research was valued, recognized by the scientific community, and recognized by public opinion, and even gave him the title of the father of modern rockets.

right! What Cyric was looking for was someone who could study ballistic missiles, no, sounding rockets!

When it comes to rockets, many military fans will think of Braun, Qian Xuesen, Carmen and others, and almost all of these people can be counted as his disciples and grandchildren! He is the first person to develop a rocket!

Robert Goddard, born in 1882 and died of throat cancer in 1945, was an American professor, engineer and inventor, the inventor of liquid rockets. He launched the world's first liquid rocket on March 16, 1926!

Goddard successfully applied three-axis control, gyroscopes and controllable thrust to the rocket, effectively controlling the rocket's flight.

Goddard was granted a total of 214 patents during his lifetime, 83 of which were granted during his lifetime. In his honor, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named in his honor. Goddard Crater on the Moon is also named after him.

It's just that in this era, Goddard is still poor. You know, rockets were originally a national project. Now it's too difficult for one person to do it!

While Goddard's work was revolutionary, his research and development efforts received little public support. The press sometimes ridiculed his spaceflight theories.

For example, reporters at The New York Times mocked him for not even understanding basic high school physics and fantasizing about traveling to the moon all day. They simply named Goddard "Moon Man."

Goddard is not afraid of the ridicule of public opinion. He firmly believes in his ideals. At the same time, he borrows funds everywhere. The biggest one is probably that Hughes raised $50,000 for Goddard from the Guggenheim Foundation.

With the funds, Goddard moved his family and four assistants to Roswell, New Mexico, to build his launch site.

From that time on, Goddard remained in Roswell until his death.

And now, Goddard not only has to do research, but also constantly worry about funding! Cyric believed that Goddard would definitely be willing to follow as long as he offered excellent conditions!

Cyric had already planned to build a new base for Goddard in a base that no one noticed in Libya, and Germany would fully guarantee Goddard's research and development funds, and at the same time sent a group of technicians to work together. research!

Libya is relatively secretive, and at the same time, it is quite empty, and there is no need to worry about safety issues when launching rockets, which is the best!

The United States has a vast territory, and there are very few railways in the United States, and almost everything is transported by road.

In this era, the horse-drawn carriage has just been eliminated and the automobile has become popular. As an industrialized country, the horse-drawn carriage of the United States has been eliminated quite quickly.

At least, the U.S. territory is already vast, so now, after walking for a long time, there are almost no vehicles in sight.

"In Detroit, we saw that America's industrial strength was too strong, but here, we felt similar to our countryside." Graff said to Cyric as he drove.

"That's because America's territory is too vast. A country with a vast territory is difficult to defeat because they have enough strategic depth." Cyric said with a sigh.

The territories of European countries are too small, which is also the reason why the Blitzkrieg was able to win the battle.

If Cyric is if the German army can advance to the United States, then the German army will also face deep problems.

Forget it, these are still too far away, even if Cyric crossed over and was full of confidence, he never thought about pushing the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, etc., and he had already established enough merits.

Wait until Goddard is found, and have missiles that can hit the United States in advance. If you have nothing to do, you can put a few to play with. It seems to be very good.

Cyric retracted his thoughts and turned his eyes to the outside. Suddenly, his eyes became sharp.

I don't know when, the back of our own vehicle actually caught up with a truck!

Now, there is no heavy truck like the big-nosed Optimus Prime of later generations, and the truck behind is still a primitive truck. For example, even the cab does not have a roof, and the back of this car is full. A whole cargo box of firewood!

"Graff, when did that car follow you?" Cyric said.

"A minute, what, is there a problem?" Graff asked.

"I don't know, speed up and get rid of it!" Cyric said.

Behind him, a car followed, which was common on ordinary roads, but now, Cyric always had an ominous foreboding.

accelerate! Hearing Cyric's order, Graf stepped on the accelerator, the front engine roared, and the speed of the car was getting faster and faster.

"Look, there's something ahead!" Graff exclaimed just as he accelerated.

On the road in the distance, it was shiny, and it must be covered with broken glass! By now, Cyric was almost certain that there was definitely something wrong with it!

Those glass must have been fixed long ago, and some of them will stand upright to show their tips, and they will definitely puncture the tires in the past!

At the same time, the truck behind was smoking black smoke. Obviously, the other party also stepped on the accelerator and wanted to hit it!

This is a conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy, someone wants their own life! At this moment, a person's head flashed in Cyric's mind. Could it be him?

In his ears, there was a sharp brake sound, and Graff stepped on the brakes.