A serious reply to a serious theme. I will try to explain something...

"...the arguments are for von Braun's role being overestimated..."

The accusations aren't really new. The story goes like this, less or more: Von Braun wasn't really a good engineer. Not in the Third Reich and not in the U.S. The real work AKA good/real engineering was done by other guys. He was a good looking guy which had a "einnehmendes Wesen". Hard or impossible to translate. More a kind of a good project manager. He convinced JFK to go to the moon. But he also managed the V-weapons . This job wasn't really good. See Peenemünde for an entry point for the whole story. You will find out how many died for this useless crap.

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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In reply to Re^4: If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by karlgoethebier
in thread If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by Arunbear

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