03128nam 2200577Ia 450 991078733170332120231031201232.01-61251-404-9(CKB)2670000000391828(EBL)1222191(OCoLC)852757508(SSID)ssj0001077450(PQKBManifestationID)11569317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001077450(PQKBWorkID)11043516(PQKB)11387041(Au-PeEL)EBL1222191(CaPaEBR)ebr10734248(CaONFJC)MIL667696(MiAaPQ)EBC1222191(EXLCZ)99267000000039182820130711d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDr. Space[electronic resource] the life of Wernher von Braun /Bob Ward, foreword by John GlennNew York Naval Institute Press20131 online resource (329 pages)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 StatesBiographyRocketryRocketry621.43621.4356Ward Bob988820Glenn John1921-2016.1584770MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787331703321Dr. Space3868751UNINA