Talk:Arthur Rudolph/Archive 1

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http://www.etext.org/Politics/P_News/our.nazis "From 1951 to 1961 Arthur Rudolph was employed by MARTIN MARIETTA, in charge of research and development of the Pershing missile." Found this on the web in several places. - need to reconcile dates - I know he was involved with Pershing, supposedly as the first project manager, I just can't figure out the dates. Pershing development did not start until 1958.

No- these dates do not work, and some others may be suspect. I don't think he ever worked for Martin at all.

No he did not.

Per "Raise Heaven and Earth", AR was part of the Army board to select the contractor for Pershing. The selection board met at RSA in Mar 1958, so I'm gonna bet that AR was in Huntsville at the time.

Yes

AR got a doctorate in Winter Park in 1959, so he was probably in Orlando then.

No

Gadget850 18:59, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

--Gadget850 02:47, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University

The original article shows University of Berlin which redirects to Humboldt University of Berlin, but in Rudolph's time it would have been "University of Linden". Franklin says "College of Berlin", the closest to this I can find is Technical University of Berlin which would have been called "Technical College of Berlin" in Rudolph's era. I think this is most likely for a farm boy to attend training as a mechanical engineer, thus I am going to use this on the next revision. --Gadget850 14:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Found a reference in the 1982 OSI interrogation transcript. AR specifically states that he did not attend Berlin University, but the College. --Gadget850 02:47, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Solar Aircraft Corporation

"in San Diego, California in connection with the Solar Aircraft Corporation." I cannot find any information on this company. All Google hits are derived from this article. --Gadget850 02:47, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Found Solar Aircraft Company at http://mysolar.cat.com/cda/layout?m=35503&x=7. Looks like they were involved with Atlas and other missile programs. Also noted as such in FBI documents.--Gadget850 17:13, 1 November 2005 (UTC)