Wernher Von Braun: The Rocket Into Planetary Air

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Wernher Von Braun is one of the most influential people of the twentieth century. Von Braun revolutionized rocket science by creating the V2. The V2 was the beginning to a long road of rocket powered space travel. Von Braun was a dedicated scientist who would go to no end in order to accomplish his goals. Von Braun was part of the Nazi scientist team then became a rocket scientist for the US. After the war he became a key player in NASA’s early beginnings.
In Von Braun's youth, he came across a book called “The Rocket into Planetary Space” which he was captivated by. In the book there were data tables and spreadsheets. In order to better understand what the book was saying through the data and equations throughout it Von Braun committed himself