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Wernher von Braun didn't have a rival/opponent nation he could betray America to. Qian Xuesen did and did.

• fakedang 5mo ago
  Did you forget that most of his colleagues worked with the USSR? Von Braun was just lucky that the US got to him and captured him first.
  • atrettel 5mo ago
    Von Braun was not "just lucky" to get captured by the US. He and his immediate staff took active steps to get captured by the Americans [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#Surrender_to_the_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#Surrender_to...
  • catigula 5mo ago
    Dumb comment. Nazis were blood enemies of communists. They didn’t want to fight the Americans or even the British.
    • fakedang 5mo ago
      And yet how many Nazi scientists advanced the Soviet nuclear and aerospace programmes willingly? How many former Nazis joined the Stasi? Hint hint, a fucking lot.