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Hermann Oberth
Also Known As Hermann Julius Oberth
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A German-Romanian physicist whose 1923 book on rocketry for spaceflight helped found the field of astronautics in Europe and directly influenced the amateur rocket societies that trained the engineers of the later German rocket program.
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Defining ContributionFounding theorist of European astronautics and mentor to a generation of rocket engineers 1 Notable WorkDie Rakete zu den Planetenraumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space, 1923) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Oberth mentored von Braun in the German rocketry societies of the late 1920s; von Braun later called Oberth the man who first showed him that spaceflight was an engineering problem, not a dream.
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationHermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (born)Quote, Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (born)
25 June 1894
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Wikimedia FoundationHermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (died)Quote, Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (died)
28 December 1989
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Wikimedia FoundationHermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (full name)Quote, Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (full name)
Hermann Julius Oberth
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Wernher von Braun, Hermann Oberth, lead section
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