Hermann Julius Oberth (25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Read full biography of Hermann Oberth →
Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely... →
I refrained from writing another one, thinking to myself: Never mind, I will prove that I am able to become a greater scientist than some of you... →
If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.
The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft.
Hermann Julius Oberth (25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics.