03119nam 2200589Ia 450 991046317840332120200520144314.01-61251-404-9(CKB)2670000000391828(EBL)1222191(OCoLC)852757508(SSID)ssj0001077450(PQKBManifestationID)11569317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001077450(PQKBWorkID)11043516(PQKB)11387041(MiAaPQ)EBC1222191(Au-PeEL)EBL1222191(CaPaEBR)ebr10734248(CaONFJC)MIL667696(EXLCZ)99267000000039182820130711d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDr. Space[electronic resource] the life of Wernher von Braun /Bob Ward, foreword by John GlennNew York Naval Institute Press20131 online resource (329 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59114-927-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""1. The Accursed Blessing ""; ""2. To the Manor Born ""; ""3. Pioneering Rocketry ""; ""4. Peenemunde Priority ""; ""5. Encounters with Hitler""; ""6. Comes Now the V-2""; ""7. Bound for America ""; ""8. A Fort Called Bliss""; ""9. New Home Alabama ""; ""10. Early Media Trail ""; ""11. Toward the Cosmos ""; ""12. Nobody's Perfect ""; ""13. New Age of Space""; ""14. Child of the Moon ""; ""15. En Route to Victory ""; ""16. Lunar Triumph ""; ""17. Rocket City Legacy ""; ""18. After Apollo, What? ""; ""19. D.C. and the Gods""""20. Perigee in Washington """"21. On the Private Side""; ""22. Too Soon Dying ""; ""Epilogue ""; ""Appendix A: Letter on Goddard Patents""; ""Appendix B: Letter on Moral Responsibility in Hitler's Germany ""; ""Notes ""; ""Selected Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""About the Author ""Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Wernher von Braun's life, Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some, a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a brilliant scientist with limitless curiosity and a drive to achieve his goals at almost any price from, developing the world's first ballistic missile used against the Allies in World War II to helping lRocketryGermanyBiographyRocketryUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.RocketryRocketry621.43621.4356Ward Bob988820Glenn John1921-988821MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463178403321Dr. Space2261287UNINA