$40 QUESTION -- Category: Powerful Names

Who patented a liquid-fuel rocket -- what was later called a rocket motor -- in 1914?

  1. Professor Robert Goddard of Worchester, Massachusetts.

  2. Dr. Bartholomew "Buck" Rogers, from Houston, Texas.

  3. Jim "Powerhouse" Lowell of Pasadena, California. The firm "JPL" is named after him.

Sorry! The correct answer is 1. Robert Goddard. (Note: "JPL" stands for "Jet Propulsion Laboratory.")

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