Hello all, I will begin my post by sharing some amazing history that i found about Sibiu. Two of my favoite things are history and aerospace ... well they have crossed paths in Sibiu. One of the three fathers of astronautics came from Sibiu. His name is Hermann Oberth, and he shares this position with American Robert Goddard and Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He mentored Verner von Braun before the second world war. If you're interested...heres the wiki on him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Oberth
If that wasnt enough interesting aerospace history facts. The first person to describe multistage rocketry was Conrad Haas, also from Sibiu. But this was a full three centuries befor Oberth. This wasnt discovered until 1961 when they found a manuscript in the local library from the 1500s. I just wonder if Oberth came across Haas's work at some time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Haas
I already have a great respect for the people of Sibiu.
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