[Young Werther]

"I Aim at the Stars" produced in 1960 was the story of Werhner von Braun. He was a scientist and apolitical by nature. When asked about his rocket innovations He said that much of knowledge came from having read the books of Robert Goddard the American Rocket Scientist of the 1930s who was virtually ignored by the US.

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[iowamark]

"I Aim at the Stars"

Mort Sahl suggested the subtitle "(But Sometimes I Hit London)".

[Talisker]

...Werhner von Braun. He was a scientist and apolitical by nature.

Yeah, it didn't bother him a bit that slave labor was being worked to hideaus deaths from exhaustion to produce the rockets that were being used to bomb England and with luck, murder the rest of the world.

He was only interested in the science and technology.

He was above it all.

Apolitical? Or psychopathic? Where is the difference with Nazism?

Seig Heil, fool.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

He was a scientist and apolitical by nature.

When von Braun was congratulated by the Wehrmacht General in charge of the rocket program for the first successful test firing of a V2 (A4 as it was known by the development team), he was reported to have said "Unfortunately it hit the wrong planet".

When Peenemunde fell to the advancing Allied troops they found not only A4s in production but also designs for more advanced rockets up to A9. The A9 was a four stage rocket which could reach the east coast of the US. They were in the process of building prototype hardware just before they surrendered to operation "paper clip".

Regards,
GtG