Hermann "Noordung" Potočnik
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Hermann "Noordung" Potočnik, born in Pola, Austria-Hungary, in 1892, published The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor in 1928–29.
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A retired Austro-Hungarian army officer and engineer, Hermann Potočnik published his book The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor under the pseudonym Hermann Noordung in 1928–29. He proposed the concept of a doughnut-shaped space station 30 meters (98 feet) in diameter in Earth orbit.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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SI A-5145
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