Doesn't seem totally odd, given that the war was the inspiration for much of the technology involved, was the platform for many of the brains involved to perfec

Doesn't seem totally odd, given that the war was the inspiration for much of the technology involved, was the platform for many of the brains involved to perfect their craft, and ultimately created the geopolitical climate in which space technology was one of the more important tools of the emerging superpowers of the age.