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  First Edition of this Biography on the Legendary Wernher von Braun; Signed by Him and Lengthily Inscribed by Dr. Carol Sue Rosin

  BERGAUST, Erik. [Wernher von Braun; Carol Sue Rosin].

  Wernher von Braun.

  Washington, D.C.: National Space Institute, 1976.

  First edition of this biography on the legendary father of modern rocketry. Octavo, original cloth, astrological endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by Wernher von Braun on the half-title page. Lengthily inscribed by aerospace industry pioneer Dr. Carol Sue Rosin, who worked closely with von Braun at Fairchild Corporation, on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Dec., 76 Marcy and Freddy, Happy New Year! Not only is my personal life happy, but professionally - fantastic. Working with Dr. von Braun has been an incredible experience. Hope you've had a happy '76, too, and wish you so many more!!! Love, Carol Sue." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dr. Carol Sue Rosin is space policy advocate, and missile defense consultant whose career occupies a singular position at the intersection of aerospace history, peace activism, and space demilitarization. She became the first woman executive in the American aerospace industry as Corporate Manager at Fairchild Industries, where she also served as spokesperson for the late Dr. Wernher von Braun, the father of rocketry, a role she assumed when von Braun was in the final years of his life, dying of cancer, and required a surrogate to carry his vision of peaceful space development to public audiences....

  Price: $6,200.00     Item Number: 152093

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