For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
Wernher von BraunAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: March 23, 1912
- Died: June 16, 1977
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