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Was there really a big difference - in the technology ? just the natural evolution of past efforts, technologically speaking.
by petra 11y ago
Was there really a big difference - in the technology ? just the natural evolution of past efforts, technologically speaking.
- mikeash 11y agoI don't know how much different the fundamental technology was, but the results were vastly better because of the far greater resources and much better goals he had with the US. Building advanced rockets on a shoestring with slave labor isn't really a recipe for great success.
- stuxnet79 11y agoPrior to Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 60s, the budget he was getting from the US wasn't all that great either. Dwight D Eisenhower hated Von Braun because he had a tendency to overspend, and was always begging for more funding.