The concept of a space weapon has its origins in the works of space visionary, Hermann Oberth. Oberth’s publication, Die Rakete zu den Planetenraümen (The Rockets into Interplanetary Space), mentioned reconnaissance from orbit and suggested the idea of a giant mirror, 100 km in diameter, which could be used to set enemy ammunition dumps on fire! However, while Oberth may be credited with suggesting the notion of space weapons, his writings remained largely undeveloped, and it was left to the Father of American manned spaceflight, Wernher von Braun, to popularize the concept.


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    Title :

    Military space assets


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    The New Space Race ; Chapter : 4 ; 79-106


    Publication date :

    2010-01-01


    Size :

    28 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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