How we got to the moon : the story of the German space pioneers / Marsha Freeman

Publication | Library Call Number: D810.S2 F74 1993

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Freeman, Marsha.
Published: Washington, D.C. : 21st Century Science Associates , c1993
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-354) and index
Language: English

Physical Description: xiii, 363 p. : ill., maps, ports., plans ; 21 cm
Contents: Hermann Oberth, the father of space travel
The battle of the formulae
From theory to experimentation
Peenemünde, a scientific mobilization
How the A-4 rocket became the V-2
Coming to America, Operation Paperclip
The space age begins
Willy Ley rallies the nation for space
Wernher von Braun, the Columbus of space
Krafft Ehricke's extraterrestrial imperative.
ISBN: 0962813419
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-354) and index.
Subjects: Astronautics--United States--History.
Rocketry--Germany--History.
Space flight to the moon--History.
Scientists--Germany.
Space flight--History.
Scientists--Recruiting--Germany.
Rockets (Aeronautics)--United States--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
Von Braun, Wernher,--1912-1977--Influence.
Oberth, Hermann,--1894-1989--Influence.
Ley, Willy,--1906-1969--Influence.
Ehricke, Krafft A.--Influence.
Oberth, Hermann,--1894-1989.
Ley, Willy,--1906-1969.
Von Braun, Wernher,--1912-1977.
Ehricke, Krafft A.
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