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美国火箭科学家罗伯特·戈达德

American Inventors: Rocket Scientist Robert Goddard

Today rocket launches and space missions are common.

如今，火箭发射和太空任务很常见。

But in the early 1900s, space travel seemed like a dream.

但在20世纪初，太空旅行似乎就像一个梦想。

One of the most influential people in the field of rocket science was American Robert Goddard.

火箭科学领域最有影响力的人物之一是美国人罗伯特·戈达德。

The American space agency NASA describes Goddard as "the father of modern rocket propulsion."

美国宇航局NASA称戈达德为“现代火箭推进之父”。

Robert Goddard once said that "the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."

罗伯特·戈达德曾经说过：“昨天的梦想是今天的希望，也是明天的现实。”

His scientific work gave hope to many dreams about space travel.

他的科学工作为许多太空旅行的梦想带来了希望。

He turned some of those dreams into reality.

他将其中一些梦想变成了现实。

More than one hundred years ago, Goddard carried out studies and tests of rocket engines.

一百多年前，戈达德对火箭发动机进行了研究和测试。

He developed and flew many rockets that got their power from solid fuels: chemicals that formed a hard substance.

他开发并发射了许多火箭，这些火箭的动力来自固体燃料：一种形成坚硬物质的化学物质。

In 1925, he made and tested the first rocket engine using a soft chemical fuel.

1925年，他制造并测试了第一台使用软化学燃料的火箭发动机。

The next year, he successfully launched the world's first liquid-fuel rocket.

第二年，他成功发射了世界上第一颗液体燃料火箭。

Many historians consider liquid-fuel rocket flight to be as important as the first airplane flight by the American brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright.

许多历史学家认为液体燃料火箭飞行与美国奥维尔和威尔伯·莱特兄弟的第一架飞机飞行一样重要。

Goddard's work proved that machines could travel outside of Earth's atmosphere and into space.

戈达德的工作证明机器可以离开地球大气层进入太空。

During his early research, he received money and support from the U.S. Smithsonian Institution.

在他早期的研究中，他得到了美国史密森学会的资助和支持。

The Smithsonian published several reports about his efforts.

史密森学会发表了几篇关于他的努力的报道。

One publication, called "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," wrote about his search for ways to send weather recording instruments higher than balloons could fly.

一份名为《到达极端高度的方法》的出版物，讲述了他如何将气象记录仪器送到比气球能飞的高度更高的地方。

It described how he developed the mathematical theories for rocket flight.

它描述了他如何发展火箭飞行的数学理论。

In that report, Goddard also suggested the possibility of a rocket someday reaching the moon.

在那份报告中，戈达德还提出了火箭有一天到达月球的可能性。

At the time, there was a big dispute in the press about this claim.

当时，媒体上对这一说法存在很大争议。

Many people thought he was foolish for suggesting something that seemed so impossible.

许多人认为他提出一些看似不可能的事情是愚蠢的。

Many of Goddard's ideas are still used in rocket development.

戈达德的许多想法仍然被用于火箭开发。

So, in a way, every rocket that flies today could be considered a Goddard rocket.

因此，在某种程度上，今天飞行的每一枚火箭都可以被认为是戈达德火箭。

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