German Space Program

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German space program. In addition to conducting its own research projects dlr also acts as the german space agency. As such it is responsible for planning and implementing the g. By josué michels august 27 2019. People equate a rocket program with a space program and the german rocket program was about building weapons only.

The german space program focuses on. It would take until 1978 before a german citizen reached space. Generally spoken germany has no own space program if you mean building own rockets satellites and manned spacecraft like the united states nasa or russia s roskosmos. Particularly after world war ii many engineers left germany to pursue further rocket projects in the u s.

That was the only reason nazi germany supported rocketry. But time is not something germany had on their side and the end of world war ii also marked the end of germany s space program. Let me explain germany like most european countries is member of the european space agency abbreviated esa and this organisation is very well much like nasa and roskosmos. They were also known as the von.

Their objective was to. Its headquarters are located in cologne and it has multiple other locations throughout germany. Well it depends on what you perceive as a space program. The german aerospace center abbreviated dlr is the national center for aerospace energy and transportation research of germany.

Well alone this last sentence is not true. The following lists contain names of engineers scientists and technicians specializing in rocketry who originally came from germany but spent most of their careers working for the nasa space program in huntsville alabama. Some of this was run out of india some out of south america and some out of the uk usa and ussr with technological developments the allies paid for being stolen and used in the secret space program. And all through the space race von braun a german scientist scooped up by the.

Although its space program is not as well developed as that of the united states or russia germany is pursuing specific goals. It is perfectly clear that there was a secret german space program after 1945. The dlr is engaged in a wide range of research and development projects in national and international partnerships. The bundeswehr s activities in space are hardly known even to many in the armed forces die welt reported on august 21 trumpet translation throughout.