More questions for the German speakers

[ffutures]

I know I said I was finished with the German stuff, but it comes into the space thing too. Can anyone suggest phrases in 19th century German meaning "Imperial Prussian Space Corps" and "Imperial Lunar Expedition", also "Space Cannon" and "Manned Space Projectile" or similar?

Also, was the Kaiser the nominal head of the armed forces as well as head of state, as in the UK?

Finally, I am, I sincerely hope, right to think that "The Eagle" would be "Der Adler"?

Thanks, as ever...

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Many thanks - it's for Forgotten Futures, a Victorian SF role playing game I publish on line and on CD-ROM - the bit I'm writing now is an 1895 space race, American high-tech versus German "build it big and heavy and 50% over-specified" versus British eccentricity versis Eastern mysticism. First on the moon gets the prize.

http://wwww.forgottenfutures.co.uk will tell you more than you want to know about it...

If you want to give me a name I'll add it to the acknowledgements. Many thanks indeed.

[the-monkey-king.livejournal.com]

Neat! If you want to add me to the acknowledgements, I'm Wolfgang Baur.

But really, my contribution is pretty small here. I've stumbled across Forgotten Futures once or twice, as I'm a retro SF fan. I had no idea there was a blog, glad I found you.

I like the X-Prize for the 19th century premise.