Blast from the past
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/contents.htm A rabbit hole covering the trials and tribulations of getting the Saturn V designed, built and off the ground in one piece. |
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I attended a lecture Wernher von Braun gave at MIT auditorium sometime between 1957-1959.
It must have been after October 1957 when the Russians put up Sputnik 1, the first ever man-made satellite. He was impressive. But, there was a Jewish guy in the auditorium who, during question time, brought up his contribution to the Nazi military rockets. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Antwerp was well acqainted with those...
Over half of all V2 rockets launched were aimed there. |
Blast from the past
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- Nov. 26, 2023, 09:25:37 PM EST
I attended a lecture Wernher von Braun gave at MIT auditorium sometime between 1957-1959.
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- Nov. 27, 2023, 09:24:44 PM EST
Antwerp was well acqainted with those...
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- Nov. 28, 2023, 06:10:21 PM EST
