Max Valier
Max Valier | |
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Valier as depicted in Air Wonder Stories, February 1930. | |
| Born | 9 February 1895 |
| Died | 17 May 1930 (aged 35) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Innsbruck |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
Max Valier (9 February 1895 – 17 May 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He was a leading figure in the world's first large-scale rocket program, Opel-RAK, and helped found the German Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR – "Spaceflight Society") that would bring together many of the minds that would later make spaceflight a reality in the 20th century.