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Topic: Hermann Oberth signed for Ernst Stuhlinger
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Space Junk Punk
Member Posts: 38
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Jul 2021
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posted 01-16-2025 08:33 PM
   
I have some old books from these German scientists that I think had something to do with NASA or Marshall Space Flight Center maybe. I'm trying to find out exactly what I have here because I keep getting conflicting results from online.I have Ernst Stuhlinger's personal copy of "A Rocket Into Planetary Space" signed by Hermann Oberth and made out to him. The inscription reads: "To my Dear Friend, Ernst Stuhlinger H. Oberth"
I also have Ernst Stuhlinger's book "Ion Propulsion For Space Flight" that is signed twice by Stuhlinger, once in the 60's then again before in 2005. In 1964 he wrote in German wrote: "My Friend Wilhelm Angele, wit warm regards, Ernst Stuhlinger, 31, Mar, 1964".
Wilhelm Angele was a former V2 Scientist working for the Nazis in WWII. The second signature reads: "Sincerest Wishes to all my friends and colleagues who have me belief into the bright future of electric space propulsion. January 2005 Ernst Stuhlinger" Does anyone have an opinion if either of these books have any significance, historical value or desirability in today's world? I thought about selling them but I don't know if anyone would buy them, or it may take a while. Very cool to read though.  
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onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1498
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 01-17-2025 09:08 AM
Yes, I would say there is an important connection between the men that authored the books and the US space program. Oberth was a mentor to a young Wernher von Braun in Germany in the late 1920s/early 30s, when both were members of a rocket society and before the development of rockets was taken over by the army which led to the V-2 during WW2. Postwar, Oberth did travel to the US and serve as a consultant for a time; there is a well-known photo of Oberth; von Braun; and Stuhlinger taken at what was (then) the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Hunstville, which later became part of NASA as the Marshall Space Flight Center. |
Space Junk Punk
Member Posts: 38
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Jul 2021
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posted 01-18-2025 06:22 AM
Thanks again for looking at my items. It's sometimes a struggle on what to do with certain pieces, especially involving the early pioneers. I have since done some reading on Wernher von Braun and his connection to Oberth, and all their German colleagues. I personally liked von Braun's thoughts when asked about developing and doing research for the V2 while in Germany funded by the Nazis. He had been working on rockets way before Hitler came to power, and when Hitler controlled the country, von Braun said his motives "always were the same, and driven the love of science and by patriotic duty for the people of Germany not for Hitler's. Most science research is conducted in a sterile manner free of moral influence. It only becomes a moral question when a government of the people gets access to the technology." I have one of his books signed by him too which is very cool to have. I'll probably try and get the Oberth book appraised sometime soon. | |
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