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Dreams of Space Drive German Rocket Pioneer at Redstone
Aging German scientist Herman Oberth, 64, a leading figure in early rocketry, works at Redstone Arsenal shaping U S space plans for the next eight to ten years. He views space stations as essential to distant travel and envisions staged rockets and a future moon mission with in-space fuel depots and potential moonside camera probes.
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Herman Oberth
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Alabama
United States
Huntsville
Ala
Oberth
Hitler
U.S. Army
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone
U.S
Space
Moon
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
America