V2 Rocket the first man-made object in Space by Germany

[raab155]

The first "Man made object in space" was a shell from a german ultra-long range artillery gun from World War 1 known as Parisgeschütz.

[marmaladekamikaze]

Wish I could understand German!

[jasincl]

actually the V-2 didnt go to space it went sub-orbit or something still HUGE achivment for that time

[trollolololololo]

@jasincl the first launch; the "Frau im Mond", achieved an altitude of more than 100km (100 km being the Karman line, the now established edge of space). The typical V2, when launched perpendicular to the Earth, had a service ceiling of 200km. Yes, the rocket did achieve sub-orbital flight, but sub-orbital flight means that a vehicle has reached space, but did not orbit the earth.

[FUKreligioN]

HEIL Werner Von Braun  FUCK NAZIs

[StormoTiger]

Fantastic video.

[tm7776]

Wernher von Braun (the creator of the V2) is a good example of how the allied forces let justice prevail after war.

[railadvocate]

Any nation that wins a war(s) writes, as the victor, their version of history...another aspect of "war spoils." Any victor will logically declare itself the morally justified and superior...

[amino0o]

History is written by the victor @ Mw2

[jasincl]

@amino0o Actuallay NAPOLEON BONAPARTE!

[SuperYogSothoth]

@railadvocate Doesn't mean theyre always wrong in saying they were the morally justified group.

Case in point the western allies to Nazi Germany.

[ukrainesuperpower87]

technically it was not first object in space. it's even did not reached orbit

[ac3b1s]

and you know this because you was sitting on the V2 or so ?

dumb fuck

[Nordischesland]

Ab 8:16 min. wird das Video interessant!

[88Thyra]

Dr. Dornberger's book . V-2 , a good read.

I particularly enjoyed his ability to describe famous charecters ,their personalities , and their nuances.

[DonPMitchell]

Great footage! The Russians had worked a lot on smaller rockets and were ahead of the Germans until about 1935. But they were astounded by the V-2, they never tried to build a missle of that size. The Americans knew almost nothing about rockets and depended heavily on von Braun's team until they could train up their own (excellent) engineers. Yes, you had Goddard who was very advanced, but he was so secretive he had no impact.

[mihaelmartinovic]

Soviet rockets produced only 1.5 tons of thrust but the German v2 produced nearly 25 tons of thrust!! Wow thats a really big diffence!!

[DonPMitchell]

Yes it is. The big technical problem going from 1.5 tons to 25 tons is combustions stability. The Germans were basically lucky that their engine was stable, because nobody really understood that problem until the 1950s. Perhaps the multiple cup-like prechambers in the V-2 engine acted like anti-oscillation baffles.

[mihaelmartinovic]

Yes , youre right!