Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German American aerospace engineer and space architect. He became a member of the Nazi Party and then the Allgemeine SS. He led the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, and later of rocket and space technology in the US.

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Administered by the Elon and His Cabinet

The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled “Elon.” Two houses of Parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet.