Posted on 12/29/2012 12:14:28 PM PST by EveningStar
Jesco von Puttkamer, a NASA engineer who helped launch the first astronauts to the moon, died Thursday (Dec. 27) at the age of 79 following a brief illness.
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So the last one alcubierre drive? That’s cool.
Another old Nazi dies. He now gets to face a higher tribunal for what ever crimes he may have done on earth.
You should probably go to the link and read the short obit. He was hardly a Nazi!
Stalin killed 10s of million of his own people. As did Mao. But a German engineer (you know. Like the engineers from the manhattan project etc.). Dies and HE'S going to meet a heavenly tribunal to send him to hell. Really. Ps. I am not of German heritage.
Geeze, don't read the article, but at least do the math. The title says that he died at 79. It is 2012. 2012 minus 79 is 1933...
I seriously doubt Von Puttkamer was a member of the National Socialist party at six years old.
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Just askin....:-)
True, and according to one account he grew up in Switzerland. The von Puttkamers were a very prominent Prussian family who played important roles in the military down through the centuries. Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer was Hitler's naval adjudant. I haven't been able to find any close connection, though. In any case, this Jesco von Puttkamer was too young to have played any role in the war.
Pardon me! Do you have any other problems?
He was 11 when the war ended in Europe!
Maybe he dispised Hitler for his atrocities!
My Gosh!
By the way, what have You done to help our America?
The “other” team.
I first heard of that listening to Ian Douglas audiobooks.
He was also a consultant on the first Star Trek film. RIP.
Googled Ian Douglas never heard of him.
I amassed the information piecemeal and put it in context myself
Here’s a good video of old Jesco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0h3a7MmMss
I met and interviewed him several times, going back to the 1980s. He was very accessible to journalists, personable and eager to explain the science behind the Space Shuttle program. Hard for me to think of him as deceased.
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