Wernher von Braun (1912–1977)
Auteur de History of Rocketry & Space Travel
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Wirsitz, Germany, Wernher Von Braun studied engineering at Berlin and Zurich. In 1937 he became technical director of the Nazi rocket program at Peenemunde (on the shores of the Baltic Sea). Von Braun's engineering team pioneered the development and production of the V-2 rockets, which were afficher plus launched against England during World War II. Von Braun and most of his engineering development team surrendered to the Americans in the closing days of the war, determining that the United States was more likely to continue aerospace research and development. He became a naturalized citizen in 1955 and a director of the U.S. Army's Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Alabama. Responding to congressional concern following the launch of Sputnik in October 1957, Von Braun and his engineers rapidly developed the Explorer 1 rocket, which was used to launch the first successful American satellite. Von Braun also was director of the Marshal Space Flight Center from 1960 to 1970. While there, he helped develop the Saturn rocket for the Apollo 8 moon landing in 1969. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Å’uvres de Wernher von Braun
Eat, Drink & Be Hairy!: The Travels & Travails of Yosemite's Bears & Their Peculiar Pals (2006) 30 exemplaires
Utposter i rymden 2 exemplaires
La Frontera Espacial 2 exemplaires
One small step: The Voyage of Apollo 11 narrated by Dr. Wernher Von Braun and Chet Huntley. (Vinyl Record 33 1/3 RPM) 2 exemplaires
Life on Mars 2 exemplaires
Primer Viaje a la Luna 1 exemplaire
From Peenemunde to Outer Space: Celebrating the Fiftieth Birthday of Wernher Von Braun, March 23, 1962 - Edited by… 1 exemplaire
The Farther We Probe Into Space The Greater My Faith 1 exemplaire
Johannes Kepler 1571/1971 1 exemplaire
La fusée à travers les âges 1 exemplaire
Liftoff! Success and Failure on the Launch Pad 1 exemplaire
Start in den Weltraum ein Buch über Raketen , Satelliten und Raumfahrzeuge mit Beiträgen von Willy Ley… (1952) 1 exemplaire
The Case for Design 1 exemplaire
Histoire mondial de l'astronautique 1 exemplaire
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Vintage Science Fiction: Stories That Inspired Landmark Films (1999) — Contributeur — 39 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Braun, Wernher von
- Nom légal
- Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von
- Date de naissance
- 1912-03-23
- Date de décès
- 1977-06-16
- Lieu de sépulture
- Cimetière Ivy Hill, Alexandrie, Virginie, Etats-Unis
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Allemagne (Naissance)
Etats-Unis (Naturalisation) - Lieu de naissance
- Wirsitz, Posen, Empire allemand
- Lieu du décès
- Alexandrie, Virginie, Etats-Unis
- Cause du décès
- Maladie (Cancer du pancréas)
- Études
- Université Friedrich Wilhelms de Berlin (Ph.D., Physique, Génie aérospacial, Thèse '"Construction, solution théorique et expérimentale au problème de la fusée à propergol liquide', 19 34))
Université technique de Berlin (Diplôme, Génie mécanique, 19 32) - Professions
- Ingénieur (Aérospatiale)
- Relations
- Braun, Christina von (Nièce)
Braun, Magnus von (Père)
Braun, Sigismund von (Frère)
Schumann, Erich (Directeur de thèse) - Organisations
- Fairchild Industries, Société aérospatiale, Germantown , Maryland (Vice-président 19 72 | 19 76)
NASA (Ingénieur, 19 58, Directeur de centre, 19 60, Administrateur adjoint, 19 70 | 19 72)
Armée amércaine (Chercheur, 19 45 | 19 58)
NSDAP (Membre, 19 37 | 19 45)
SS (Membre, 19 33 | 19 33 puis 19 40 | 19 45)
National Academy of Engineering (Membre, 19 67 |19 77) - Prix et distinctions
- Prix ​​du président pour la fonction publique fédérale distinguée (1959)
Médaille Elliott Cresson (1962)
Médaille Wilhelm Exner (1969)
Médaille nationale des sciences (1975)
Croix de chevalier de la guerre Croix du mérite avec épées (1944)
Croix du mérite de guerre , première classe avec épées (1943) (tout afficher 7)
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- Å’uvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 414
- Popularité
- #58,866
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 22
- Langues
- 3
As a big space history buff, I found this fascinating, especially the way in which von Braun's imaginary journey differs from the real one made such a relatively short time later. For example, he posits a winged reentry vehicle, and has his astronauts land on the moon with it attached, rather than using a separate lander. He also depicts considerably less communication and coordination with ground control back on Earth than was actually the case, and fails to anticipate the extent to which the eyes of the world would be watching the entire thing. And, rather heart-breakingly, he has the main focus of the expedition being an evaluation of the moon with an eye towards future human habitation, which he seems to assume as the obvious and inevitable next step after the initial exploration.
Von Braun also includes a section at the front answering the questions he most frequently got from the public. I think nothing in here illustrates the difference between this early period of space exploration and now better than the fact that the very first question there is, "Man's abode is the earth. Are we not invading God's kingdom as we prepare for human travel through the universe?" Wow.
This isn't a particularly remarkable book in terms of the writing or anything; it really is interesting mainly just as a historical curiosity. But for me, that was more than enough.… (plus d'informations)