"Forty-nine years after its editorial mocking Goddard, on July 17, 1969 —
the day after the launch of Apollo 11 — The New York Times published a short item under the headline "A Correction."
Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th
Century and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error