Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 01/11/2024 18:06, rbowman wrote:

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.
 

Americans aren't really that good at inventing stuff.
 
What they are good at is taking a design and throwing money at it to
create a mass produced product that will sell to an enormous marketplace
that all speaks the same language. Mostly.
 
 
 

Cotton gin
Mass prod of rifes with interchangeable parts
Sewing machine
Telegraph
Telephone
Transistor
Banjo

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Pete