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Show CAN'T GET RIDE THE MOON ' First Experiment by Professor Goddard Will Be With Small Affair Weighing Only Six Pound? i By lntsrnslonal News Service) ( iC"STi:iI Theie S,,t ., I chance for Captain Charles N. Fitzger- a Id. of New York's police force, lo take a trip on the 'moon-Kuluf?" ro 1.-et 1.-et of Professor poddard of Clark University Uni-versity RaasOn the rocket weighs but six ; pounds. I'rofessor Coddard st;ne, thai lie di -i sires to see the result of his Ides bj experimenting with a small rocket before be-fore considering the po-.vibility of i ! larger rocket which miuht tarry a per-i per-i f 0- Captain l-itznerald ibeliiles that le-w. le-w. nits to ! I hi- firsi man to attempt the trip to the moon and to say "hello" to the gentleman on that planet. Cap- I tain Fltkgerald stipulates, however, that a few of his mechanical ideas !. installed on the Ooddard rocket These ideas in, hide n coP.'tnsible nose on the j rocket which would throw Captain ! PUagSrald and a parachute clear of the ' rocket In case of accident. Professor Goddard remarked : "If i there was less volunteering and more support 1 could get along mUCh fast- I er than I am doing at present.' We expect tb have his trial rocket I completed within a month and will then give it a test on a large field , near Worcester The test will be open to the public. OO |