And so the project begins...

And so the project begins....

I just received my first set of captured German Wasserfall documents (58 pages) from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum archives. There is something really neat about reading actual reports from the scientists themselves. The document I received is dated March 15th, 1945 - just two months before the German surrender. They must have known it was futile.

So I will start translating. I took four years of German at the University of Texas, including two Scientific German classes (I was a chemistry major, and German was required for that major at the time). But that was in the 70's, so I'm guessing it will be a struggle...but a stimulating one...

Even before beginning to translate, just looking through the charts, graphs, and drawings is fascinating. These were some heavy-duty guys.