Engineers' dreams: Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley, and astrofuturism in the 1950s.

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    • Subject Terms:
      FUTURISM (Literary movement); SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      Argues that the enthusiasm of astrofuturists or writers of popular science and science influenced the American conception of future and Americans' faith in science and technology. Genesis and nature of astrofuturism; How astrofuturists led by German rocketeers Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley communicated enthusiasm for space flight to the public.