60 Years Later: The V2 And The Space Race

securitas writes "In a two-part feature written sixty years after the V2 rocket was first launched on London, BBC News Online's Paul Rincon describes the Soviet-American space race, German V2 rocket technology and how the USSR and USA divided Germany's best scientists between them. The second part addresses the technological lineage of both space programs, the creation of NASA, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development and the V2's legacy. Another feature provides some context, following the history of the development of the V2 rocket from its precursors that began with space flight enthusiasts like Wernher von Braun and Walter Riedel, through its use as a terrifying weapon in the London Blitz, to the recruitment drive by the Americans and Soviets. Today the V2 rocket is being used as the basis for the Canadian Arrow X Prize team. The Arrow team has some pages on V2 history and the main engine thrust chamber. For those interested you can read more at the A4 / V2 Rocket Resource site."

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The American and English textile industry of the 17/1800's was built upon slavery, slavery which was justified by a racist belief of superiority held by the oppressors (ethnic Europeans).

Notice the similarities between ours and the Nazi's use of slave labor?

All forms of media, paintings, images and text depicting as well as any remaining clothing artifacts from that time period should be burned, shunned, and banned from the public and private domain.

Kinda like how Nazi artifacts are in Germany right now.

You support this idea, I presume? Else you are ignorant, and a hypocrite.