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>as the Americans trusted "theirs" Americans didn't trust either. But then Sputnik happened and Americans only had oopsnik[0], so they turned to neglected Redstone made by von Braun[1][2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV-3#Reaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_TV-3#Reaction [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#U.S._Army_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#U.S._Army_ca...