American rocket pioneer Robert Goddard's 1940/41 P-series rocket was his largest and most complex vehicle. That complexity proved too much for him and he never had a really successful launch. At the end of World War II, Goddard was convinced that the Germans had stolen his technology, as there were so many parallels between the P-series rocket and the V-2. Join senior curator Michael Neufeld as he discusses these similarities and how the Germans had simply come up with parallel solutions.

Meet at the Museum "Great Seal", in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall on the first floor.

About the Ask an Expert lecture series: Every Wednesday at noon in the National Mall Building, a Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum.