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Wernher von Braun

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Noun1.Wernher von Braun - United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)


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Anti-communist witch-hunts drove some of the nation's most talented rocketry pioneers out of the country even as we welcomed Wernher von Braun and his former Nazi colleagues.
Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race Wayne Biddle [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Though rocket scientist Wernher yon Braun is championed for helping propel the United States to the forefront of the space race, his ties to the Nazis in his native Germany make him deserving of censure, Biddle argues in Dark Side of the Moon.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LEGEND has it that in 1924, when he was 12, Wernher von Braun strapped skyrockets to his wagon, ignited them and watched the charged toy soar down a busy Berlin street.
 
 
 
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