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... the Inland 'Home' Department and the Raketenflugplatz), “spoke about the next plans of the VfR.” “Because the VfR wants to do scientific work,” he began, “it needs money. But nobody is so ... as the “Post-Magdeburg Experiments.” They were also the final ones conducted by the VfR. Post-Project Magdeburg Vfr Experiments Despite all the abysmal failures and setbacks in Project Magdeburg, Nebel sought ... failed, that “Consequently von Dickuth and I resigned as directors, but stayed members of the VfR - a VfR that existed only on paper.” However, as seen below, there is some question as ...

... general during those same years. There are also forms for the re-registration of the VfR; a VfR membership list ca. 1930 for the Berlin area alone that includes 75 names (although ... phase of Oberth's career was directly connected to the further progress of the VfR. ref 10 The Vfr's Move Of Activities To Berlin Ley relates that Rudolf Nebel was hired ... taut nerves, I had committed several grave blunders, especially in treating people.” Image:VfR.jpg 200px thumb right '''VfR members after the successful testing of the Kegeldüse motor, taken 5 July 1930 ...

... spaceship in the film “''Frau im Mond''” (still another use of the film by the VfR), the VfR “office” (headquarters) “recognized the need to create a new bond between the members” although ... Propulsion” by Guido von Pirquet. The latter was the last scientific article published by the VfR. Remaining issues of ''Raketenflug'' degenerated into strictly propagandistic releases. ref 6 Founding Of The ''Raketenflugplatz ...

... and conclusions found in the historical literature on the overall experimental rocketry activities of the VfR, the available material is “often fragmentary, contradictory, and inexact.” We will therefore now summarize the ... used to record atmospheric pressure at maximum altitude. However, this was not an official VfR flight; moreover, the VfR experimenters refrained from using solid-propellants. note 7 Wernher von Braun ...

... were often called in their day, which founded and nurtured spaceflight advocate groups like the VfR, the American Interplanetary Society , and the British Interplanetary Society . That is, details of the works ... .”'' ref 14 He also offers, in his wording, a more “aggressively nationalist” example in another VfR handbill of the same period: ''“`Rocket flight call For decades, German scientists and technicians have ...

... rockets and their rocket motors, known as the ''Repulsors''. ref 9 The ''Repulsors ''And The VfR's First Flight Rockets The first ''Miraks'' were strictly evolutionary stationary test (and “demonstration”) motors ... any sort of records showing performances and fuel consumption during experiments.” Neufeld largely characterizes the VfR experimenters as undertaking their developments through pragmatic experience rather than through systematic technology development. ref ...

The Rocket - Journal of Astronautics was the official publication of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt Vfr (the German Rocket Society). Publication began in early 1927 and was handled by Johannes Winkler from the VfR's office at 13 Hohenzollerstrasse in Breslau. Media:1927_1-6_rakete.pdf Die Rakete ...

... in the development of liquid-propellant rocket technology. The Background and Founding of the VfR The VfR was founded on 5 July 1927 by nine men and one woman who met at ... Spaceflight Groups, USSR Hence, the earlier Austrian group had already set a precedent for the VfR but it remained a small and ineffectual organization although rudimentary rocketry experiments may have been ... . ref 9 . ''Die Rakete - '' Its Founding In January 1927 - a full six months before the VfR was founded - Winkler had launched the ''Deutsche Jugend-Zeitung'' (''German Youth Journal''). The lead article ...

... Society decided to devote their financial resources to experimentation. Baker, as another example, says the VfR found it “necessary to dispense with the printing costs demanded by the journal and conserve ... , “Engineering Consent: Peenemünde, National Socialism, and the V-2 Missile,” (available on line), says: "The VfR ceased publishing Die Rakete in order to devote more of its meager resources to experimental ...

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