Was Otto Fischer, brother to German rocket designer Bruno Fischer, first to man a rocket? An article at io9.com relates, “on October 29, 1933, the London Sunday Referee published a report from Rugen, an island
A ban on missile research after World War I resulted in development of a large German civilian rocketry program to fill gap. Gerhard Zucker, a German businessman, promoted delivery by Rocket Mail in era of
Walt Disney helped sell American public on Space. Man in Space, first of a three-part series in the fifties, proved popular and possibly for its pyrotechnics and inclusion of a multitude of rocket firings! You’ll
