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Først på Månen
Vi skal nu deltage i to unge amerikanske flyveres tur til Månen. Som de første mennesker skal de skydes ud i det øde verdensrum, lande på Månens ukendte overflade og helst vende tilbage til Jorden igen.
Lige fra de første spændende øjeblikke, da raketten affyres, følger man minut for minut begivenhederne i og omkring raketten. Man får videnskabelige beskrivelser af Månens overflade, af forsøget på at spise og leve i den vægtløse atmosfære, af de farer der opstår ved at flyve med en fart af 40.000 km i timen og endelig af den omhyggeligt planlagte landing på Jorden.
Men FØRST PÅ MÅNEN er mere end en spændende historie; den er med sine velunderbyggede oplysninger uundgåelig læsning for alle, der interesserer sig for dette århundredes, måske alle tiders største sensation: Menneskets første rejse mod en fremmed planet.
Forfatteren, WERNHER VON BRAUN’s navn er kendt over hele verden. Han er i dag Amerikas førende raketekspert og leder af den amerikanske hærs afdeling for udvikling af raketvåben. Ingen kan med større autoritet udtale sig om raketter og rumfart.
Lige fra de første spændende øjeblikke, da raketten affyres, følger man minut for minut begivenhederne i og omkring raketten. Man får videnskabelige beskrivelser af Månens overflade, af forsøget på at spise og leve i den vægtløse atmosfære, af de farer der opstår ved at flyve med en fart af 40.000 km i timen og endelig af den omhyggeligt planlagte landing på Jorden.
Men FØRST PÅ MÅNEN er mere end en spændende historie; den er med sine velunderbyggede oplysninger uundgåelig læsning for alle, der interesserer sig for dette århundredes, måske alle tiders største sensation: Menneskets første rejse mod en fremmed planet.
Forfatteren, WERNHER VON BRAUN’s navn er kendt over hele verden. Han er i dag Amerikas førende raketekspert og leder af den amerikanske hærs afdeling for udvikling af raketvåben. Ingen kan med større autoritet udtale sig om raketter og rumfart.
91 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1960
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Wernher von Braun
68 books62 followersWernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.
A former member of the Nazi party, commissioned Sturmbannführer of the paramilitary SS and decorated Nazi war hero, von Braun would later be regarded as the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century in his role with the United States civilian space agency NASA. In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the U.S. as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. Von Braun worked on the US Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA, under which he served as director of the newly-formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969." In 1975 he received the National Medal of Science.
A former member of the Nazi party, commissioned Sturmbannführer of the paramilitary SS and decorated Nazi war hero, von Braun would later be regarded as the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century in his role with the United States civilian space agency NASA. In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the U.S. as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. Von Braun worked on the US Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA, under which he served as director of the newly-formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969." In 1975 he received the National Medal of Science.
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January 25, 2022
Despite the relatively dry tone of this historically significant work of fiction, Von Braun supplies a good stock of drama — including a meteor attack that one astronaut only survives because of his aversion to fried fish.
December 9, 2016
The illustrations and non-fiction portions of this book are fantastic. The fictional story is OK. Altogether the book really an astounding
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