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          First director of nasa.

          German v2 rocket engineer and space pioneer

        1. German v2 rocket engineer and space pioneer
        2. V2 rocket history
        3. First director of nasa
        4. Siebenbürgen romania
        5. Operation matchbox

          6. Herman Oberth: The Space Dream by Margaret Stucki
          Hermann Julius Oberth was born on June 25, 1894 in Hermannstadt, Siebenbüergen. His interest in space travel was awakened at the early age of 11 by two books of Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon and Journey Around the Moon, and this interest remained strong throughout his life.

          He concluded his studies in Munich, Göttingen and Heidelberg with a dissertation entitled Rockets Into Interplanetary Space, which, however, was rejected by the professional committee at the time as being too utopian.

          Nevertheless, the work was printed privately and it caused great controversy in the world press. Admiration vied with rejection, the latter often accompanied by bitter ridicule.

          Hermann Oberth found a reliable companion for life in his loyal and courageous wife Tilli, born Hummel, who gave him the strength to bear many disappointments and to retain his faith in himself.

          It was at this time, too, that his principal work,