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Article: Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun
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- September 1, 2006
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Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun. Bob Ward. Naval Institute Press. 285 pages; black and white photographs; index; $29.95.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy Dr. Space, the biography of Wernher von Braun, the genius behind the rockets that got men to the moon. In fact, the cliché line about being a rocket scientist came as a reference to him and his team.
Born in Germany, von Braun spent almost his whole life working on rockets, first as the leader of scientists in Peenemünde firing V-2 rockets at western Europe and England, then in the United States under the employment of the U.S. Army, perfecting Redstone rockets, and finally at NASA, as the head of the Marshall ...