Dr. Space

<DIV>Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward who spent years investigating his subject this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Werner von Braun's life Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a brilliant scientist with limitless curiosity and a drive to achieve his goals at almost any price-from developing the world's first ballistic missile used against the Allies in World War II to helping launch the first U.S. satellite that hurled Americans into space and the Saturn V super-booster that powered them to the moon. Along the way readers are introduced to the human side of this charismatic visionary who brought the United States into the Space Age.</DIV>