Nazi scientist's secret papers for sale.

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Nazi rocket scientist's secret papers up for sale

"A once top-secret manuscript by Wernher von Braun, the Nazi physicist turned leading figure in United States space exploration, which is widely recognised as a milestone in the development of modern rockets is to go under the hammer in New York on Tuesday.

The 166-page document, which von Braun created for his PhD dissertation in April 1934, contains the scientist's hand-written annotations as well as his charts and graphs."

Nazi rocket scientist's secret papers up for sale : Mail & Guardian Online
 
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nhboy said:
Nazi rocket scientist's secret papers up for sale

"A once top-secret manuscript by Wernher von Braun, the Nazi physicist turned leading figure in United States space exploration, which is widely recognised as a milestone in the development of modern rockets is to go under the hammer in New York on Tuesday.

The 166-page document, which von Braun created for his PhD dissertation in April 1934, contains the scientist's hand-written annotations as well as his charts and graphs."

Nazi rocket scientist's secret papers up for sale : Mail & Guardian Online
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He was one of my heroes as a kid.:nerd: Did not make my Dad too happy.
 
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aps45819 said:
How does your PhD dissertation get classified?
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The 166-page document, which von Braun created for his PhD dissertation in April 1934, contains the scientist's hand-written annotations as well as his charts and graphs. Von Braun was awarded a doctorate in physics on the basis of the dissertation but its contents were considered so pivotal to the future of rocket development that it was seized by the German military and remained classified until 1960.
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I had to read it.
 
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aps45819 said:
How does your PhD dissertation get classified?
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I remember reading this newspaper article back in the early 80's when I was in HS, about the Collage Student that had is ? Thesis Paper on building Nuke's classified because of its accuracy .......... :whistle:
 
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