About the book: 2011 / This book is about a descendant of German barons and a brilliant designer who created for Hitler the most advanced weapon of intimidation at that time - V-2 ballistic missile. Shortly before the defeat of the Third Reich, Wernher von Braun offered his talent and knowledge to the victors and distanced himself from his former Nazi Party comrades. First he offered himself to the US Army, and then to NASA, and his dreams of space travel to millions of Americans. And ten years later, he sold Luna to his second overseas homeland. For a wide range of readers.