Public Law 89–320

That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall erect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an appropriate memorial to the late Doctor Robert H. Goddard, former professor of physics at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the father of rocketry.

The memorial shall comprise a sculpture in bronze or other enduring metal and shall symbolize the scientist’s role as the pioneer of the space age. It shall be located on the Clark University campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, on a site donated by the Clark trustees adjacent to the Robert Hutchings Goddard Library. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall request the advice and comment of the Commission of Fine Arts and consult with Clark University trustees with respect to the design and setting of the memorial.

The memorial shall give appropriate recognition to the pioneering efforts of the late Doctor Goddard in his country’s achievements in rocketry and supersonic flight.

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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $150,000 to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution.