Hermann Oberth was born on June 25, 1894 in Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary as Hermann Julius Oberth. He was a writer, known for Woman in the Moon (1929) and Chariots of the Gods (1970). He was married to Mathilde Hummel. He died on December 29, 1989 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany.
Nagyszeben, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Profession
Writer
Education
Babeș-Bolyai University
Star Sign
Cancer
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Transylvanian-born German physicist and rocket expert, often called 'the dean of space-flight research,' which he anticipated in the 1920s. He designed a manned rocket and space cabin for Fritz Lang's film "Woman in the Moon" in 1929. At the suggestion of 'Willy Ley' and the German Council of the Association for Space Travel, an actual rocket was to be launched on the day of the film's premiere as a publicity stunt. During experiments (that rocket was never launched), in an explosion Oberth lost sight in his left eye. Working with Wernher von Braun, he developed a jet motor for the German government in 1930. In 1937 he began the work that produced the V-2 rocket missile, the "buzz bomb" used by Germany against England during World War II. In 1955 he followed von Braun to the U.S., where he participated in rocket experiments for three years before returning to West Germany.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Woman in the Moon
1929
scientific material - as Prof. Hermann Obert
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chariots of the Gods
1970
Documentary grateful acknowledgment - as Prof. Hermann Oberth
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