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Old 12-07-2021, 01:57 PM
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Wernher von Braun 1955 lecture to US Armed Forces on fundamentals of space flight

In this 1955 US Office of Armed Forces Information and Education film,
Wernher von Braun gives a lecture to members of the US armed forces
on the fundamentals of multi-staged rockets including a manned winged
aircraft upper stage so a crew could return to Earth.

He explains to them the physics of when weightlessness occurs and the
concept of an orbiting space station :-

30 minute video :-
https://youtu.be/JK4RbeBxqso
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