Wege zur Raumschiffahrt

It was - with a new title and completely revised - the 3rd edition of Oberth's first book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (The Rocket to Planetary Spaces), published in 1923.

Where the values for the formula quantities were still uncertain, Oberth always calculated using unfavorable assumptions in order to be sure that his rockets could achieve the required performance.

He proposed numerous uses for such stations, many of which would later become reality, including global communication using satellites that receive and send signals, observation of the earth's surface, especially that of unexplored countries, support of maritime navigation (by warning of icebergs), observation of meteorological data for weather forecasting, and using a space station as a stopover and fuel depot for transportation to other planets.

[7] In 1974, Kriterion Verlag, Bucharest, published the new edition of Ways to space travel, with a foreword by Elie Carafoli and updated notes by the author.

In the years that followed, the book became the standard work on space research and rocketry and was called the “Bible of scientific astronautics” by the French aviation and rocket pioneer Robert Esnault-Pelterie.

... Hermann Oberth not only solved the theoretical problems of rocket science and designed the necessary technology so that people can penetrate into space, live and work there.