The last of Von Braun team has died

[Simpo Two]

Mojocvh said:

Try quoting the whole post.

Mojocvh said:

Lets be honest, if the Russians had got hold of "them" the world would have been a different place by now.

Much as I deeply dislike the thought of what went on during the NAZI period, we really did need to be pragmatic about the situation.

Doesn't excuse what went on in the slightest, and I certainly would not shed a tear on their passing.

It is interesting to reflect how progress in the West would have been had it not absorbed Germany's finest. Would we have got to the moon? I doubt it. You have to separate the man from the people he happened to work for for a few years.

There ya go.

[hammo19]

[quote=Mojocvh]Lets be honest, if the Russians had got hold of "them" the world would have been a different place by now.

The Russians got hold of over 400 of them.......they helped put Sputnik up into space and start the Cold War. If you are really interested in this stuff then read Area 51 by Annie Jacobson it may well change your view on the German scientists.