If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.
-- Hermann Oberth
   
Hermann Oberth   Name:
Hermann Oberth
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
German
Birth:
June 25, 1894
Death:
December 28, 1989
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