Which 2 German scientists connect WWII with Space?
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Answer: Herman Julius Oberth and Werner Von Braun
Both scientists were keen rockets enthsiasts from an early age – Von Braun was even an apprentice to Oberth in 1929, at the age of 18. Both men were caught up in the Nazi regime’s Army Research Center in Peenemünde, where they helped develop the V 2 rocket, among other top-secret projects.
Like a number of prominent German rocket scientists formerly under the employ of the Nazis, they moved to the US where Oberth found himself working for none other than his former assistant, Wernher von Braun.
Oberth contributed ideas to the next decade of space technology and also became a technical consultant on the Atlas rocket programme: this was the rocket that launched the first four US astronauts into orbit and has gone on to be involved in around 600 launches across its five basic models. Von Braun, meanwhile, pioneered the Saturn V rocket and became a prominent member of NASA.
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