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| | M.E.A. - The Space Pioneer,hermann oberth,stuhlinger,von braun,rocket history |
 | | She bought and read the books of Jules Verne; when Hermann was twelve, she gave him these books to read, and she opened to him the world of the moon, the planets, and the stars, a world that was to become his own real world for all the years to come. |
 | | Hermann went to the city library and studied mathematics in an effort to establish the complicated relationship between the velocity of a rocket, the velocity of its exhaust gases, and the ratio of the rocket mass at the beginning to the rocket mass at the end of the burning period. |
 | | Hermann, I feel privileged and very happy to have known you for over thirty years as a prophet and pioneer of space flight, as an inspiring teacher, as a man of flawless integrity and bold courage, and as a wonderful friend. |
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