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What amazes me is the depiction of rockets before real rockets existed. The first modern rockets were V2s launched by Germany in World War 2. The man that desig
by fredley 8y ago
What amazes me is the depiction of rockets before real rockets existed. The first modern rockets were V2s launched by Germany in World War 2. The man that designed them—Wernher von Braun—went on to build rockets that eventually did take people to the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
- Gravityloss 8y agoRobert Goddard from USA was pretty far in rocketry. Nobody in his country was interested much though. But the Germans were...
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoThe Germans had foresaw a strategic need to lob things at a large island with very good air defense systems. The Americans foresaw a strategic need to carry out amphibious invasions of tropical islands that were great distances apart. The Germans invested in the technology to lob ballistic missiles. The Americans invested in the technology to build aircraft carriers and better aircraft. Considering the state of technology in the 1930s and 1940s they both made the correct decisions for their strategics position.
- Gravityloss 8y agoThat's a great reply! Never thought of that, yet it is almost obvious in hindsight. Yet, Goddard was even ridiculed by New York Times.