lise. His rocket motors were neither built nor tested, primarily due to Russian political instability, lack of resources and inadequate technical personnel.
             Still, his writings endured and served to stimulate a thriving Russian rocket and space program that emerged years later.
             Hermann Oberth was born on June 25, 1894 in Hermannstadt, Transylvania, Romania. Since he was born to German speaking parents and became a German citizen later in life, Oberth is traditionally considered German even though he was born in Romania.
             Like Robert Goddard, Oberth became fascinated with the possibility of spaceflight at an early age by reading science fiction works by authors such as Jules Verne. He was brought up in an academic environment, and eventually became a teacher in Transylvania.
             Early in his career, Oberth expressed fanciful views on rocketry and spaceflight, but later began a scientific analysis on the reaction principle. It was just prior to World War I that h
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