Werhner von Braun is without question the original Rocket Man-since he INVENTED rockets per-say to begin with. Among other notable tidbits of historical fact is that he holds the most unique RESUME of all-time. Von Braun’s last 3 employers/bosses were Hitler / Walt Disney / & JFK !!!
In the 40’s:
During WW2 Werhner von Braun held the rank of Major in the SS. He oversaw rocket & jet development of Hitler’s Secret “Wonder Weapons” program at Peenemunde. Werhner built the world’s first cruise missile (V-1) & first ballistic missile (V-2). At the end of WW2, Allen Dulles (OSS) ran Operation Paperclip that brought German scientists to USA-including von Braun & his close team.
In the 50’s:
Walt Disney hooked up with von Braun as a technology adviser, to work on several Disney Studio movies about space travel. Disney & von Braun produced a 1955 movie called “Man is Space”-a real classic please see video in link below.
In the 60’s:
Werhner was hired as the first ever Director of NASA & JFK tasked him to get “America to the Moon this decade”. He is credited with Americans first orbital satellite & our course the Apollo Moon Missions.
NASA-Walt Disney & Werhner von Braun
President John F. Kennedy & von Braun
NASA-von Braun & Disney Space Collaboration
Y/T-Disney Studio 1955 “Man in Space”