About the Author

Krafft Ehricke was an aeronautical engineer who worked with the Von Braun Rocket Team in the 1940s. A member of the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, he was also an advisor to NASA and the U.S. Air Force, he played a major role in the success of U.S. space programs. Marsha Freeman is author of hundreds of articles on the U.S. space program which have been published in "21st Century Science & Technology" magazine, "Acta Astronautica," "Executive Intelligence Review" magazine, "Fusion Magazine," "Quest Magazine"," and Space World" magazine. She is the author of"Challenges of Human Space Exploration" and "How We Got to the Moon: The Story of the German Space Pioneers." She lives in Leesburg, Virginia."