Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On 1 Nov 2024 07:04:02 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Well you could argue that the USA paid Germans to put them on the moon.

Basically no Wernher von Braun, no NASA. I don't mean only the technical
aspects. The US was interested in the Redstone missile as a short range
nuclear missile to attack Russia. Von Braun wrote magazine articles, gave
lectures, produced books, and even got Disney involved to make a couple of
movies promoting space trave. Nobody was interested until 1957 when they
were staring up at Sputnik and shitting themselves.