[1] Born on 5 April 1882 in Vienna, von Hoefft's initial military career was cut short due to poor eyesight, leading him to pursue academics.
[2][3][4] This society engaged in early space exploration concepts and collaborated with contemporaries in rocketry, such as Hermann Oberth.
[2] His most advanced proposals were the RH-V, a spacecraft for global and lunar travel, and the RH-VIII, a multistage rocket designed for interplanetary exploration.
[2] The Scientific Society for High Altitude Research dissolved in 1930, and following Austria's annexation in 1938, the focus of rocketry shifted towards military applications.
[2] Von Hoefft died in Linz, Austria, in 1954, having made significant early contributions to the field of space science.