Today would have been Wernher von Braun’s 100th birthday. He was the greatest rocket engineer of all time.

Recommended book:

Von Braun – Dreamer of Space / Engineer of War

by Michael J. Neufeld, chair of Space History Division of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

© Smithsonian Institution 2007. Published by Alfred Knopf, New York.

ISBN:  978-0-307-26292-0 (hardcover) or  978-0-307-38937-4 (paperback).

Reinhard Kargl

Journalist and media professional currently based in Los Angeles, California. Focusing on science and technology.