Hermann Julius Oberth (1894 to 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. He is named alongside Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert H. Goddard as one of the founders of spaceflight thinking, which places him in the story of how transport left the atmosphere. The source lead also records that Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943, a part of his record that this entry states plainly. The lead gives no detail of his specific designs or publications, so none are claimed here.
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1. Hermann Oberth (Wikipedia)
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25 June 1894
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28 December 1989
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was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer
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Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894-28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent.
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