Title: How we got to the moon
Subtitle: the story of the German space pioneers
Description: Prologue by Konrad Dannenberg -- Hermann Oberth : the father of space travel -- The battle of the formulae -- From theory to experimentation -- Peenemunde : 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.
Subjects: Influence, History, Astronautics, Space flight to the moon, Rocketry, PROPULSION, SCIENTISTS, ROCKETS, Ruimtevaart, Duitsers
Places: United States, Germany
People: Willy Ley (1906-1969), Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977), Krafft A. Ehricke, Hermann Oberth (1894-), Hermann Oberth (1894-1989)