{"id":27343,"date":"2026-03-06T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=27343"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:54:29","slug":"clark-alum-a-former-analyst-at-nasa-to-discuss-robert-goddards-vision","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/06\/clark-alum-a-former-analyst-at-nasa-to-discuss-robert-goddards-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark alum, a former analyst at NASA, to discuss Robert Goddard\u2019s vision, accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\u201cRobert Goddard: A Vision. A Reality. A Hope\u201d will be presented by Clark University alumnus and former NASA project manager John Emond \u201974 at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, in Sackler Sciences Center\u2019s Johnson Auditorium (Room S120).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation will be a centerpiece in the celebration of the 100th&nbsp;anniversary of Goddard\u2019s famed launch of the world\u2019s first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group alignright boxout has-white-color has-deeper-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a6e35cf67c02b4bc2a63e25eaecf7213 is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-674f34aa wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Not on campus? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clarku.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_M3Vcz4-pTB2pR4nQKjIaTw#\/registration\">View this event online via Zoom<\/a> (registration with name and email address required)<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Emond will discuss how Robert Goddard\u2019s early experiments were met with skepticism \u2014 yet through persistence and vision, he laid the groundwork for modern rocketry and helped spark the creation of NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Emond spent almost a decade working in social services before joining NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center. He then moved to NASA HQ, where he served as a policy analyst, senior policy analyst, commercial space center program manager, and technology transfer collaboration program manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his presentation, Emond will examine the challenges that Goddard surmounted and how the lessons he learned from his failures helped inform his ultimately successful rocketry experiments. 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