Wernher von Braun

the Government selects the best and brightest experts in those fields to head it's programs. J. Robert Oppenheimer, civilian, selected to be in charge of the nation's Manhattan Project that created the Atomic Bomb, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Wernher von Braun, civilian, selected to be in charge of the nation's Missile Program that created the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled Americans to the Moon, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville,…

Nazi Germany was a scientific powerhouse. It invented many weapons during World War II, and employed many of Germany’s great intellectual minds. Much of the work done was intended for terrible things and most of the work done was at the expense of others. Still there is no denying that it was still great work. The men who performed this work were highly trained, highly educated and highly intelligent scientists of all kinds. Before the war they worked in the private sector and in universities.…

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser uncovers the truth behind fast food and how it came to dominate the world. Wernher Von Braun, Walt Disney, Ray Kroc -- each of this historical figures had a huge impact and influence on topics that the book “Fast Food Nation” discusses in it’s content. Each of those men truly believed that spreading “fast food paradise” throughout the world would bring an unrespectable success, and will make people to be “like Americans”, which means “modernized” and…

astronauts launched into space or to the moon. The United States decided to launch their own satellite, Explorer 1. It was launched on January 31st, 1958. Explorer 1 was developed by the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Soviets and the Americans would go back and forth between launching their satellites. The Soviets finally decided to take the race one step further: they put the first ever man into space. The Soviets chose their cosmonauts…

The Cold War After the conclusion of the second world war, the US and the USSR stood at a tense stalemate. This period between 1945 and 1991 is commonly referred to as the Cold War. During the Cold War, the American economic ideology of Capitalism clashed with the Russian Communism. Although this period is called the Cold War. No bullets were fired. No blood was shed. Instead, the Cold War Was fought using technological innovations. These advancements stood to symbolize the respective power of…

exploration . Nowadays, many look to push the boundaries of this frontier by focusing on Earth’s nearest planet, Mars, and in particular astronomers have researched the possibility of a manned missions to Mars. This proposal seriously began with Wernher von Braun, the first person to conduct a detailed technical study of a Mars mission in 1952 . The quest for Mars soon heated up during the Space Race between the United States and Soviet Union, as both countries explored the possibility of such a…

After World War II, Many powerful nations started to decline. Germany was defeated, France and Britain were in an economic decline and needed to start rebuilding. The United States and the Soviet Union both emerged as the world 's superpowers after World War II. Due to the fact that these nations dominated world politics at this time, they began to have conflicting ideas. After World War II both Soviet Union and the United States had mutual distrust leading to the cold war, which was a state of…

Prior to the conclusion of World War I, the United States had already started on improving the armed forces through a vast array of innovations because of industrialization. However, it was not just the U.S. moving full steam ahead, so to speak, in developing their nation. The Germans also had great ambitions of being a dominate superpower; especially, with the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. In this essay, the discussion is going to concentrate on three new inventions/innovations during World…

Have you ever wondered how people are able to communicate to others from across the world? Satellites are also the reason we are able to watch tv and find out what road to go on when your husband doesn't ask for directions. Most people use GPS in their everyday life, but do they know how it works? A satellite is an object that moves around a bigger object. The earth and the moon are satellites because the earth moves around the sun, and because the moon also moves around the earth. Many…

In Germany, a scientist named Wernher Von Braun developed the V-2 rocket. This was the first guided missile, and it was extremely destructive. These missiles could be launched from miles away from their target, and do massive damage. Not only were they extremely precise, but they could be…