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Docking Bay 24 H-32Not only was it a realistic depiction of space travel, but many believe it actually contributed to the development of rocket science thus changing future events and enabling the very future it predicted. Released at the very end of the 'Roaring Twenties,' few movies have had the impact on human society as "Frau im Mond."
Engineers like von Braun are largely concerned with the "how" of going into space. Moviemakers and storytellers are more interested in the "why" and "what will happen to us when we get there" questions about space travel.
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The first movie to attempt to answer the question about ‘why’ we should go into space was Fritz Lang's, "Die Frau Im Mond" (The Lady in the Moon). In it he proposed that there might be gold deposits on the moon. Whatever the reason for the flight, the fact that none other than Herman Oberth was hired to be the technical consultant gave this 1929 drama a level of realism that would not be equaled for 20 years.
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Oberth proposed that for the first step towards a trip to the moon, they should use a sounding rocket to find out information about space itself. He had in mind a variation of his own Modell B.
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Enter the H-32, a sounding rocket that is seen very briefly in the movie but appears as a very serious design effort to create a rocket that will fly into outer space. For the H-32, Oberth used his boxed fins to hold the rocket upright. This was a feature he had used many times. Other than that, it was a very straight forward rocket.
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The H-32’s mission was to take automatic recording instruments aloft in order to return information which would be used in designing the moon rocket. In the movie the H-32 not only climbs into space, it actually loops around the back side of the Moon, bringing back data as to what the moon looked like.
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It was the first time movie goers had ever seen a real sounding rocket flight.
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A Precision Design Drawing of this Spaceship -----------------------------------------
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Complete background information is available in the Spaceship Handbook
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This Spaceship is also featured in “Ad Astra per Aspera”
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