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The whole procedure [of shooting rockets into space]. presents difficulties of so fundamental a nature, that we are forced to dismiss the notion as essentially impracticable, in spite of the author's insistent appeal to put aside prejudice and to recollect the supposed impossibility of heavier-than-air flight before it was actually accomplished.

Richard van der Riet Woolley

Richard van der Riet Woolley

Richard van der Riet Woolley

Born: April 24, 1906

Died: December 24, 1986 (aged 80)

Bio: Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS was an English astronomer who became Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name was Van der Riet.

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Find Your Way Around JCT 98
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Photoheliographic Results 1968-1971 (1967)

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