Oberth, Hermann
Published: August 18, 2006, 6:35 pm
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Hermann Oberth (1894-1989), a German rocket scientist who in 1923 wrote Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space) that first described the basic principles of spaceflight. Along with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert Goddard, Oberth is considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics. He promoted space travel in the 1930s, and joined his former student Wernher von Braun at the V2 rocket complex near Peenemünde, Germany, developing a rocket for the German army during World War II. After the war, Oberth joined von Braun at the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, and later returned to Germany to continue writing on rocketry and space travel.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Oberth, Hermann". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Oberth,_Hermann>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Hermann Oberth (1894-1989), a German rocket scientist who in 1923 wrote Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space) that first described the basic principles of spaceflight. Along with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert Goddard, Oberth is considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics. He promoted space travel in the 1930s, and joined his former student Wernher von Braun at the V2 rocket complex near Peenemünde, Germany, developing a rocket for the German army during World War II. After the war, Oberth joined von Braun at the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, and later returned to Germany to continue writing on rocketry and space travel.
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