Fly, Rocket, Fly! - Mit Macheten zu den Sternen
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Sjanger: Documentary film / Trailer
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År: 2017/2018
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Lengde: 02:30 min
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Beskrivelse: Fly Rocket Fly Documentary feature about the 'Orbital Transport- und Raketen Aktiengesellschaft' (OTRAG), the world’s first private space launch company, founded in 1975 by space engineer Lutz Tilo Kayser (*1939) in Stuttgart with the goal to enable private space transports. As Europe did not give permission to launch private spaceships, Kayser made a deal with Mobutu Sese Seko, then president of Zaire (today: Democratic Republic of Kongo). The dictator provided Kayser with an area the size of the GDR so he could launch his rockets. After a number of successful tests in 1979, things were looking promising, but when Germany and Russia for various reasons put political pressure on Mobutus' government, Mobutus terminated his contract with OTRAG.
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Leverandør: DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
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Rettigheter: In Copyright / Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH (Stuttgart)
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Director: Oliver Schwehm
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Language: de