Talk:Hermann Oberth

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I am currently in the process of translating from the Romanian-language article, which is the most comprehensive. That article refers to Oberth as studying medicine at the "Universitatea din Munchen" (University of Munich). I am unaware of any such University. I'd guess it means the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, but I'm really hesitant to put a guess in an encyclopedia article, so I am just saying he studied in Munich. If any one actually knows what university he studied at, please feel free to correct the article. Jmabel 00:06, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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Hermann Oberth created the University of Munich for his personal studies, when he was done with it he had it destroyed and turned into a starbucks.

Contents 1 German or Romanian? 2 Azimuth? 3 Goddard's Criticism of Oberth 4 Romanian? 5 WikiProject class rating 6 Place of Birth

[edit] German or Romanian?

Wouldn't it be more correct to say that Oberth was a Romanian Physicist?

No, because he was an ethnical german born in Austria-Hungary, in a region that is now Romania. Besides this, he spent much of his life in Germany and made most of his scientific discoveries there. So, he is a german physicist, but that doesn't mean he isn't highly respected on his birth place. Mihai -^talk 08:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Azimuth?

The A4 (aka V-2) is credited with an "azimuth of 50 miles" in the article. I suspect a well-meaning but misinformed person is referring to the system's apogee (its maximum altitude). Apogee is a poor measure of a rocket's performance, however, without discussing the range and payload of the system. Describing a missile by its length and apogee is almost as bad as describing a racehorse by saying "he's brown with dark eyes, and he can run a mile." I suggest that the description of the A4 be replaced with information from the V-2 rocket article: "The V-2 had an operational range of about 300 km (200 statute miles) carrying a 1000 kg (2,200 lb) warhead."

[edit] Goddard's Criticism of Oberth

I don't know if folks want to include this, but Robert Goddard was extremely critical of Oberth. He believed that Oberth plagiarized the work Goddard published in 1920, and was very bitter about him all through his life. DonPMitchell 23:08, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Romanian?

I need people who claim that he was Romanian to indicate what logic they follow. He was born in Austria-Hungary, never had Romanian citizenship afaik, and left his native region it was Romanian... Dahn 07:02, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. I see now he left in 1938. Dahn 07:13, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Place of Birth

Was Oberth born in the city of Schäßburg or in Hermannstadt? The German-language Wikipedia suggests Hermannstadt. --Groshna (talk) 12:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)