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What a month indeed! The first two are really only interesting to the masses in hindsight though. I wonder how many interesting technological advances happen ev
by bobf 16y ago
What a month indeed! The first two are really only interesting to the masses in hindsight though. I wonder how many interesting technological advances happen every month that we don't realize until years later.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoRobert Goddard's initial liquid fueled rocketry projects received generally negative publicity (a well-known NY Times editorial denounced the very idea that a rocket could operate outside the Earth's atmosphere, for example). The transistor initially received very minor media coverage. For years the laser was derided as a solution looking for a problem.