From the 9th Hole to the Moon in Auburn

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 321 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a swing at Pakachoag Golf Course in Auburn, Massachusetts, where near the 9th hole back on March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. If not for what happened here we may never have gone to space, reached the moon, and beyond. Sometimes it takes a dreamer to leap us forward.

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0:00.0	Four! at golf, don't you? What are you talking about man? I'm totally winning. I've got like 84 points and we're only on the ninth hole here at Packachag golf course.
0:17.6	Right, but the objective of golf is to score less points. Strokes are bad. Oh, got it. Oh, well maybe I'm not doing so great. All right, well, you're up.
0:27.8	Wow, I can't even see where that one went, it went up so high.
0:31.5	Probably to the moon you know what it
0:35.0	had all the height but not much distance well I think it's safe to say that we
0:38.2	both stink at golf we do and it's funny you mention your ball going to the moon
0:42.3	because if it wasn't for something that happened up here on the ninth fairway
0:46.0	We may have never gone to space or walked on the moon at all
0:49.2	Really? Yeah, we've come to the ninth hole at Packachag Golf Course in Auburn, Massachusetts to witness the launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
0:59.0	Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger and I'm Ray Oger. Welcome to episode 321 of the New England
1:08.1	Legends podcast. Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England
1:12.4	one story at a time.
1:13.8	From roadside oddities to ghost monsters, UFOs, strange creatures, true crime, and odd history.
1:20.4	We love all the weirdness that makes New England great.
1:23.0	And did you know that most of our story leads come from you?
1:26.0	This one did.
1:28.0	Thanks to Daniel Lisholm for tipping us off.
1:30.0	If you've got a story you think we should check out,
1:32.0	please reach out to us any time through our website.
1:34.4	We'll go searching for the world's first liquid-fueled rocket right after this word from our sponsor.
1:39.4	Ray, I'm a spaceflight nerd. I get it. What's cooler than launching a rocket into space? So ever since I was a kid I loved watching space launches on TV
1:48.9	reading about astronauts pondering all things space I once wrote a children's book called
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