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It was mentioned as a book that inspired Max Valier, an amateur engineer, to begin his four-stage plan for rocket-powered vehicles and eventually led to his death by a rocket explosion.
And it was called The Rocket Into Interplanetary Space, which is just wonderful in the early 20th century when books like this would be written.
— Episode: When inventions kill!
Episode: When inventions kill!
It was mentioned as a book that inspired Max Valier, an amateur engineer, to begin his four-stage plan for rocket-powered vehicles and eventually led to his death by a rocket explosion.
And it was called The Rocket Into Interplanetary Space, which is just wonderful in the early 20th century when books like this would be written.
Episode: When inventions kill!
It was mentioned as a book that inspired Max Valier to pursue rocket-powered vehicles and eventually led to his unfortunate death during a rocket motor test.
And he reads a book by a German engineer named Hermann Oberth and it was called The Rocket Into Interplanetary Space, which is just wonderful in the early 20th century when books like this would be written.