The last rocket scientist who took the Apollo project's rocket development from Germany to USA

After the Second World War, the US entered excellent German scientistsPaper clip strategyA team of 120 experts ran across the United States and contributed greatly to the development of the Apollo plan rocket etc. which succeeded in the first human lunar landing. In May 2015 "German scientists ·Werner von BrownThe last original member of the rocket development team diedNews was reportedHowever, at this time, the voice saying "There are still living members" has risen. "Last" rocket scientistGeorg von TiesenhausenWill be 102 years old in 2016.

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Paper clip strategy is a series of strategy code names where the victorious American soldier entered Germany's excellent scientists to the United States from the end of World War II to the end of the war. And in 1950, the paperclip campaign transported was a team of 120 experts led by rocket engineer Fong Brown. Transported scientists contributed greatly to the competition for rocket development and space development in the US, but on the other hand "scientists who developed weapons during the war have lost a blessed life without being tried" Sometimes it was criticized for me.

Oscar Holderer, one of the rocket development team on May 5, 2015, passed away and reported that "the last original member of the team who developed the monthly flight rocket participated in the paper clip strategy died" It was. At this time, Tiesenhausen raised his hand, "There are members still alive."

Tiesenhausen, who lives in Alabama, USA and living with his wife Asta, is a "legendary man" in the world of rocket engineering, and in 2011 he was honored for its accomplishments from the United States Space Rocket Center. In the award ceremony, the astronaut who left this world in 2012Neil ArmstrongCaptain said that he served as a presenter.


In 1950 when 120 scientists crossed America, Tiesenhausen did not arrive in the USA, but when Von Braun launched an artificial satellite for the first time in the world or did manned flight, Alabama He said he was in. Tiesenhausen, who originally worked with von Braun during the Second World War, said that at the time of the paperclip operation "You do not come to the US?" After the war Tiesenhausen is a winch of a cargo ship It seems that he declined to invite because he was an engineer who designs. About this, Tiesenhausen said he was talking with each other in jokes, "For engineers, neither of them changes."

But then, TiesenhausenSaturn VBefore launch to the launch facilities of BoeingLunar vehicleTo be in charge of the design of the original concept of. Engaging in rocket development seems to have been "fun" rather than "work" for Tiesenhausen, and my wife Asta says that "he has never worked" in life even a day " Thing.

According to Tiesenhausen, von Braun who leads the team is said to be "a distinct person". "He was a great manager, when team members took a table with him, in the end they all gave a separate opinion to solve the problem, and he gave a small opinion of everyone I took in and compiled the conclusions and I was able to agree with everything he wanted to do, I did not say to him that he was "overlooked." He was such a genius, " Tiesenhausen says.

Von Braun never said "I want you to do it", but told the members of the team only that "I want you to do what". The method for achieving the purpose was left to each person.


Above all, more important than managerial talent is the leader of von Brown. He spent talking about one-third of all time to the members of the team about the universe. "Currently, we are an" administrator "on our side, not a leader, which is a big difference - the manager will be responsible for the work, but the leader will look into the future," said Tiesenhausen word of.

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Tiesenhausen sees the current space program as "very important", but on the other hand, the circumstances differ from the times when the space development competition was taking place in the present age and the economic trends I also admit that it is difficult to allocate sufficient funds.

Tiesenhausen like that is writing a book called "The Elements of Human Behavior". According to Tiesenhausen, there are three pillars of "human character" "character" "emotion" in human behavior. Tiesenhausen who survived the war came to the conclusion that "I am" the world is governed by emotion. "All politicians, war, battlefields, life, death, etc. that exist on the earth are all emotions It is dominated by the war as well as emotions. "


In the paper clip strategy, criticism is pointed out that scientists who developed weapons for the Nazi Germany during World War II crossed the United States and lived a blessed life without being tried There is. Tiesenhausen also understands such criticism, "In that time it was a situation in which language was outrageous, there is no one who can imagine the circumstances surrounding us and the pressure we experienced. It was impossible to get out of the situation with. "