A physicist of great insight , Goddard also had a unique genius for invention .
Robbert Hutchings Goddard ( 1882 -- 1945 ) is considered to be one of the fathers of modern rocket propulsion .
A physicist of great insight , Robbert Hutchings Goddard also had a unique genius for invention .
Robbert Hutchings Goddard ( 1882 -- 1945 ) is considered to be one of the fathers of modern rocket propulsion .