Sadly, I must begin my column this week on a disenchanting note. Regardless of what you read, hear, or who says it, human beings will never colonize Mars. It’s a dumb idea. Mars has zero ...

Wernher von Braun ist schon zu Lebzeiten zu legendärem Ruhm gelangt. Sein Photo prangt auf Titelseiten von Illustrierten; sein Gesicht kennen mehr Menschen als das des Präsidenten der ...

In the 1930s, Wernher Von Braun’s rocket work was supported by the Nazi regime. At the end of WWII, the United States government enlisted Von Braun’s expertise and his rocket work became ...

Von Braun at his desk at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960, years after writing Project Mars. NASA Who else but Wernher von Braun would include a 62-page scientific appendix full of ...

In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London.

In the words of NASA, the greatest rocket scientist in history. We give you… Wernher von Braun. Let me out! Von Braun was born in Germany in 1912. With me, it started with the moon. My parents ...

Zu den Weltraumplänen von Professor von Braun möchte ich folgendes sagen: Bei einer Radioansprache über die deutschen Sender im Mai 1928 anläßlich meines ersten Raketenstarts in Berlin habe ...