Hermann Oberth
and his presentation for "Kite Power Station"
Hermann Julius Oberth

• Oberth Museum      The Hermann Oberth Raumfahrt Museum 
  "Oberth was probably the most important pioneer of space technology."
• http://www.kiosek.com/oberth/
• http://www.meaus.com/articles/OBERTH.html
• http://www.meaus.com/articles/futureTasks.html MANKIND'S TECHNOLOGICAL TASKS FOR THE FUTURE  by Prof. Hermann Oberth, member of the Alexander Order. "The wind-driven power station at high altitudes, which is not built on towers or poles but is carried by balloons up to 12,000 meters, could alleviate the earth's energy shortage considerably."  Translated from the German by Lynne Nibbelink-Kvinnesland and Dr. Benjiman D. Webb. 
  [[COMMENT: See and compare with what is in the museum and in the book, see note below.]]
• http://www.meaus.com/0121-tasks-of-mankind.htm

• Here is a small mystery, a legendary rocket scientist thinking about AWE in 1973.
  
  Hermann Oberth
  From Wikipedia Oberth page (no reference):
  • The 1973 petroleum crisis inspired Oberth to look into alternative energy sources, including a plan for a wind power station that could utilize the jet stream.
    
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    Comment from KiteGen site-

Robert Smith says:
March 15, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Huh. Was just reading a 1987 translation of Hermann Oberth’s “Primer” and he mentioned his 1970s presentation called “Kite Power Station” (alas, finding an English translation of this particular book is so far impossible). In the Primer’s appendix there are both sketches and also a photograph of a model of The Kite Power Station from the Oberth Museum. If Old Hermann could write of rockets, space medicine, multistage lifts and satellites in the 1920s and be laughed at by all experts right up until his student Von Braun invited him to view the Apollo launches… then maybe Oberth’s idea that KiteGen is calling ‘radically new’ will also be more than a quirky idea.
Hope so. Best wishes from the United States.

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Title: Primer for Those Who Would Govern
Author: Hermann Oberth
Publisher: West-Art, 1987
ISBN0914301063, 9780914301066
Length: 320 pages
Subjects: Business & Economics / Leadership
World politics

• [ ]  Find the book
• [ ]  Search his life
• [ ]  Edit the wiki when solid reference is found for the AWE
• [ ]  See how "kite" comes in. Compare the "balloon" notes.  Make distinctions once images are seen and studied.
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• ACTION LOG
  • Sent inquiry to museum images and text concerning Oberth's kite power station.
  • Put Oberth on founders' list
  • Added Oberth item in timeline at wiki of High altitude wind power
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