Sujet : Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 01. Nov 2024, 19:06:27
Autres entêtes
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:36:54 +0100, D wrote:
Apart from the fact that the US had rocket research going on in
parallel,
Germany and the US are very much part of the same cultural hemisphere,
so I don't think that is a good counter argument.
Relying on Mr. von Braun no doubt accelerated the research.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard#Lack_of_vision_in_the_United_States
Goddard was dismissed as a crank; real physicists didn't get their hands
dirty. He had to scramble for funding and to attract any interest.
Meanwhile Germany was pounding Britain with V-2s.
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