Technoscience and warfare from planet dora to the moon Flashcards
What was planet dora? who named it so?
A concentration camp for making rocket parts. Named by one if its survivors
Who was Albert Speer
German architect of buildings and furniture who designed everything including concentration camp. Mastermind of the third reich
What was unique about speer as a nazi
only one who ever admitted guilt
What is technoscience
integration of science tech gov uni and private companies into one project
What was the fundamental shift from tech to technoscience
tech: control environment
Technoscience: to destroy
What were the first modern computers
- Z3, 60 word memory
- z4 first commercial
What was the name of the first guided missile
v1
what war machine was hitler obsessed with? what were some examples?
tanks. Mouse Porsche and the rat
Who is fritz haber
Dr. evil
- explosives, gases
won nobel prize
What was the silber bird?
space shuttle introduced by germans at late stage WW2
why didn’t speer complete atomic bomb
hitler thought it was a jewish science
Who was Hermann Oberth ? what was his thesis called
“By rocket into planetary space” founding father of rocketry
Who was Wernher Magnus Maximmillian Von Braun
SS officer
- engineers not responsible for their work
what rockets did von braun make
A0-A12
what was the A4 also known as ? what was it?
V2
first man made object in space
could not be intercepted
made no sound
- push button warfare
