Wernher Von Braun's Accomplishments

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From early childhood rockets, a V-2 rocket, and America’s first orbital satellite, Wernher von Braun’s life inventions really made an impact on history after the completion and success of the Saturn V “moon rocket” that carried man to space and then eventually to the moon with a various string of Apollo Missions. There would be an outstanding amount of components both electrical and mechanical that would be needed to bring together a dream that von Braun had long sought for. This dream invention of his would focus on carrying three astronauts, be comprised of 3 rocket booster stages, lifted initially by the thrust of five F-1 rocket engines, and need a number of things to happen in sequence.
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Just as enormous as the Saturn V itself just as the ASME stated that Saturn V was a 45 ton spacecraft! (ASME, 1980, 2) The main intent of the Saturn V creation and the ability to win the “space race” to finally allow man to step foot on to the moon and to advance the future as President Kennedy had promised the U.S. even though, Kennedy unfortunately, didn’t get to witness the Apollo 11 mission and man setting foot on the moon but von Braun had fulfilled his promise that he made with the President before the Saturn Era began. With the success and completion of the Saturn/Apollo missions it was evident that America driven the challenge of other nations, even if Russia did launch the first space bound satellite, von Braun answered back with a bang by taking America to the moon and back. America wasn’t alone when they tuned in to see the live stream of stepping out on the moon, they were joined worldwide as it was like a new TV. show the whole world wanted to witness. Winters described the Saturn V its Apollo missions as “a program that was a magnificent achievement of technical engineering and human ingenuity.” (Winters, 1990, 85) Von Braun was highly respected for his dedication to engineering and rocketry, as Bergaust stated, “Members of the American aerospace community and officials in the Government learned to appreciate the capability of scholar-engineer-manager von Braun.” (Bergaust, 1976,

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