[Polybius]

Good. It would unfeasible and counterproductive to exclude all the low and medium rank technocrats and skilled professionals just because they were coerced to join the Party.

"I vood agree vit that."

[Atlantic Bridge]

At least Wernher von Braun was “coerced” to work in a concentration camp for the nazis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelbau-Dora

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket

A quotation of the “wikipedia” article:

On December 10, 1943, Albert Speer visited Dora.[5][6] Wernher von Braun visited the Nordhausen plant on January 25, 1944, and returned for a May 6, 1944,[6] meeting with Walter Dornberger and Rudolph where Albin Sawatzki discussed the need to enslave 1,800 more skilled French workers.[5]

After all 20.000 people died in the “V-Waffenproduktion” (production of weapons) of Nordhausen. Roundabout 7 prisioners died for every launched V2.

Well, von Braun won the race to the moon for you Americans. It was easy to level your own lack of suitable experts and technology by taking von Braun and his friends to the US. Nevertheless you should not forget that because of his boundless opportunism he accepted a blood toll of 20.000 death jews (and others) to push his scientific career.

As a technician I have to say that the Saturn V and the genius of von Braun are still fascinating. But no one should ever forget the trace of blood its development left behind.