 Emigrating to the United Kingdom after the war, he assisted in the advancement of British aeronautic science before moving to the United States, where his work for Martin Marietta on lifting bodies provided aerodynamic experience that proved instrumental in the development of the Space Shuttle.Born in 1913, Multhopp studied at the Technische Hochschule in Hannover, before transferring to the University of Göttingen in 1934.Studying there under the guidance of the famed aerodynamicist Ludwig Prandtl, who regarded him as his best student, Multhopp assisted in the design and construction of several gliders while working on a thesis on the subject of wing aerodynamics.