> BTW, Wernher von Braun was never a general. Just SS-Sturmbannführer

Don't you think he would have been promoted till 69?

Please compare Sergei_Korolev#Awards_and_honours

> his role in the U.S. space program is totally overestimated

IIRC he popularized the idea with the help of a Disney TV show, before NASA was even founded.

NB: I wasn't too serious just watching a lot of alternate reality shows, while weirdos are taking over real governments.

Cheers Rolf
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In reply to Re^3: If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by LanX
in thread If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by Arunbear

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