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To: Thibodeaux; blam

Thanks for the pix. Looking at the MIG design, who did the Soviets get from the Germans? We got von Braun, thank goodness.


36 posted on 11/29/2017 2:32:36 PM PST by ryderann
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To: ryderann
"We got von Braun, thank goodness."

Yup. Redstone Arsenal

Saturn 5 Rocket

"The largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, the Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM as the lead contractors."

Werner von Brahn and JFK, May 1963

There's still a sizeable German community in North Alabama with origins to this effort/period. Young Germans today are migrating there because the area reminds them of their homeland, they say.

38 posted on 11/29/2017 2:46:56 PM PST by blam
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