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... for this position since he was familiar with several foreign languages including (some English), French, Italian, and Russian, besides having ... launches of liquid-fuel rockets, 32 demonstrations including 9 public demonstrations, from which we were able to record revenue, ... note 13 Pendray, “The German Rockets, “ p. 5. note 14 Pendray, “The German Rockets, “ pp. 5-6. For ...

... just the opposite. The officers of the Waffenprüfamt (Weapons Proving Office of the German Army) felt that the publicity obtained by individuals would distract attention from their own work...The Weapon Office ... of Tsiolkovsky, as seen in his biographies and other studies, there was not only a language problem but Tsiolkovsky was not a scientist but an almost impoverished girl's schoolteacher ...

... was born in 1894 in the German enclave in the city of Sibiu, in German called Hermannstadt, in what was then ... Berlin suburb of Reinickendorf, ca. 1930.''' At the time, English language newspapers such as the ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' for 2 ... Germany, as the contact address for the Society. ref 10 Publicity for the Raketenflugplatz As for coverage in Germany, newspapers like ...

... or more rarely, “the German Interplanetary Society,” although afterward more popularly (but incorrectly called) the “German Rocket Society” in ... almost unknown in the West; there was also a language problem. Consequently, Tsiolkovsky's contribution remained virtually ... exhibited were photos, busts, drawings, and articles and other publications that were provided by spaceflight and rocketry pioneers ...

... Tsiolkovsky may have been the first to suggest (unmanned) satellites in geosynchronous orbits. The German science fiction author Kurd Lasswitz, mentioned above, had suggested a fictional Martian space ... Die Rakete ended publication, although no public announcement was made in the journal. ref 22 This final full-publication of the journal also saw the last public account of his experimentation ...

... novelty of the project - especially since manned rocket flight was involved - and offered tremendous publicity for the Raketenflugplatz as vigorously promoted by Nebel. Detailed and lengthy accounts of ... note 5 “Man-Carrying Rocket Planned,” ''Astronautics'', No. 25, December-January 1933, p. 7; “Germans Plan First Rocket Flight With Pilot; Magdeburg Sanctions Attempt in Spring,” ''New York ...

... members. ref 16 As early as October 1931, von Braun says he witnessed “the first public demonstration of ''Mirak 1''” (actually, a ''Repulsor'') at the Raketenflugplatz, and later saw a ''Repulsor ... '', p. 142; Jelnina and Rohrwild, pp. 41-44; Pendray, “The German Rockets,” pp. 5, 11. note 4 Pendray, “The German Rockets,” p. 9; von Braun, “Reminiscences,” p. 129; Ley, ''Rockets ...

... to the West, the great Russian theoretician on spaceflight, Konstantin Eduardovitch Tsiolkovsky (known in German as Ziolkowski). Winkler saw fit to include the Russian's portrait in the January ... more than “stunts” - and led nowhere, even if they did generate understandably considerable excitement and publicity in the newspaper tabloids and other media of the day. Put another way, technologically- ...

... it in most impressive (moving) pictures.” Moreover, Fritz Lang was one of the greatest of German filmmakers of the time, and indeed, was internationally acclaimed. “A Fritz Lang film on space ... Other VfR Activities, 1927-1929 It would be a mistake to conclude that Winkler's publication of ''Die Rakete'' represented the sum of the Society's activities during the 1927-1929 ... , April 1930, p. 2; Barth, ed., ''Hermann Oberth Briefwechsel'', Vol. I, p. 112; Pendray, “The German,” p. 5. Pendray, in his May 1931 article stated that Valier “became (the VfR) president ...

... a direct descendant of the Anglo- Saxon word mona, and is related to the word Germans use, mond. For the Goths of ancient Europe, it was mena, providing the link to ... history that distinction has mostly been lost and lune and luna are found in modern languages referring to our companion. http://plateaupress.com.au/wfw/monthsof.htm (See CDROM) ---- Answer provided ...

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