This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket
There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...
Hackaday7y
The German Space Program That Never Was
A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket, the first man-made object ... the V-2 was intended to be a weapon of mass destruction, but ended up being far more effective as a tool ...
Hackaday7y
Books You Should Read: V-2 By Walter Dornberger
Some experimental vehicles were launched with the rocket engine in the nose ... in producing a weapon of mass destruction; but the methods detailed in V-2 are still valid for anyone who ...
The Hindu1mon
The rocket that launched the space age
The German V-2 A4 rocket, launched off the Baltic coast ... was a direct descendant of a rocket that was initially built for destruction. The Karman line is an attempt to define a boundary ...