Documentary Night: Wernher Von Braun
Documentary Night: Wernher Von Braun
23 March 1912: Wernher Von Braun is born. He was a German-born American aerospace engineer and space architect, and initially worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program as a young man. After World War II, he moved to the United States where he became a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the nation. In his later career, he became director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center.
AFTER the documentary - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-) Trivia may also follow, so bring your Jeopardy hats too!
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- Date: 22 Mar 2024
- Time: 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 11 February 2024 10:09 AM
- Ends 22 March 2024 12:08 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
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Documentary Night: Werner von Braun
Wernher Von Braun is born. He was German-born American aerospace engineer and space architect, and initially worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program as a young man. After World War II, he moved to the United States where he became a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the nation. In his later career, he became director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center.
Biography:
There is plenty of material publicly available on the history of this pioneer.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
* West, Doug (2017). Dr Wernher von Braun: A Short Biography. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1977927910.
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Address:Cyber City, Michigan, United States, 48309
Agenda
5:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; (on your own) Pizza, Popcorn and Soda Pop
5:05 PM - Documentary
6:05 PM - End of Documentary; Start of Q & A; Group Discussion
6:15 PM - Wrap Up
ALL times are in EST/EDT (UTC-4 or UTC-5) depending upon local daylight savings times in when effect
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