• Hermann "Noordung" Potocnik, a white male, poses formally.
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    Hermann "Noordung" Potocnik, born in Pola, Austria-Hungary, in 1892. A retired Austro-Hungarian army officer and engineer, Hermann Potocnik published his book The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor under the pseudonym Hermann Noordung in 1928–29. He proposed the concept of a doughnut-shaped space station 30 meters (98 feet) in diameter in Earth orbit.

  • Hermann "Noordung" Potocnik, a white male, poses formally.

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