Herman Potočnik

Herman Potočnik
Born(1892-12-22)22 December 1892
Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary
Died27 August 1929(1929-08-27) (aged 36)
Vienna, Austria

Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as an early theorist of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work concerning the long-term human habitation of space.

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