You can still see V2s at Marshall/Redstone Arsenal. You can even look into the original test bunker and see the test stand that was used at the time. (You need a CAC card valid for the base, or an invitation from an organization there to get in.)
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I am from Huntsville, AL and he is very popular here in town. Our town convention center is called the Von Braun Center.
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I keep aiming for the moon but I keep hitting London
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It’s like his cv
[https://tenor.com/bI2SA.gif](https://tenor.com/bI2SA.gif)
Wernher von Braun when asked about his work done for the Nazis.
If I worked there, I’d sneak in a time or two and abscond with the second one (at least) until he started getting pissy. Just a small bit of spite.
As an aside, I can’t identify the first one (second is a V2).
Note, the US also used V2s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_sounding_rocket
A US-launched V-2 carried the first animals into space. The Soviets also launched a few of their own.
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department!” says Wernher von Braun
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDEsGZLbio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDEsGZLbio)
V2: The weapon that killed more people making it than using it did.
Of course, most of the people making it were slaves, so who cares, right? /s
After coming to the US he produced those here as well to get the program going.
I like the Saturn V in this photo. It was so massive that even at that small a scale it didn’t fit and they had to put a hole in the ceiling.
There’s V2 also 😀
Spaceships are cool
V2s did a lot of science work after the war, so its fair that it shows up on that list of rockets.
The V2 is a legitimate tool of war.
Well arguably it would have been worse if it was not there.
Word on the street is, if you cranked the 3rd rocket from the right, it revealed a secret room with a bunch of 3rd Reich paraphernalia.
That nazi piece of shit forced Poles into slavery to build his rockets.
He aimed for the stars but sometimes hit London
Whats the first one on the display doesnt look like a V1?
There is a deli near me where one of the former owners had a picture of him with Wernher Von Braun
I have questions on how he got that but apparently he retired long ago
*”‘Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down*
*That’s not my department,’ says Werner von Braun”*
[~Tom Lehrer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro)
America didn’t care either.
You can still see V2s at Marshall/Redstone Arsenal. You can even look into the original test bunker and see the test stand that was used at the time. (You need a CAC card valid for the base, or an invitation from an organization there to get in.)
I am from Huntsville, AL and he is very popular here in town. Our town convention center is called the Von Braun Center.
I keep aiming for the moon but I keep hitting London