Hermann oberth biography of martin

          Hermann Oberth was a German scientist who is considered to be one of the founders of modern astronautics....

          Oberth discuses his early life and early interest in rockets and space travel; influence of books.

        1. Oberth discuses his early life and early interest in rockets and space travel; influence of books.
        2. Hermann Oberth, the son of a doctor, was born in Nagyszeben on 25th June, Oberth studied medicine in Munich but had to leave university.
        3. Hermann Oberth was a German scientist who is considered to be one of the founders of modern astronautics.
        4. Space pioneer Hermann Oberth was one of the most significant rocketry pioneers of the 20th-century, by birth a Romanian but by nationality a German.
        5. Biography.

          6. Hermann Oberth

          Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894–1989)

          Hermann Julius Oberth (German:[ˈhɛrmanˈjuːli̯ʊsˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent.[3] Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943.[5]

          Early life

          Oberth was born into a Transylvanian Saxon family in Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt), Kingdom of Hungary (today Sibiu in Romania);[6] and besides his native German, he was fluent in Hungarian and Romanian as well.

          At the age of 11, Oberth's interest in rocketry was sparked by the novels of Jules Verne, especially From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. He was fond of reading them over and over until they were engraved in his memory.[7] As a result, Oberth constructed his first model rocket as a school student at the age of 14.

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