[QUOTE=J Boyle;1405797]Please tell me how Von Braun as a designer of a weapon…is different from Wallis…who knew his bombs would breach dams causing flooding of civilian areas?
Or did Chadwick think the Lancaster would be used to drop flowers?:rolleyes:
I’ve always thought that designers and the builders of the weapons…like the soldiers themselves…were doing what their national leaders directed.
Von Braun, Wallis and Chadwick were the brains behind the weapons.
If you have a complaint about the war, direct it to the leaders who directed the use of the weapons.
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I don’t think you can simply look at Von Braun as a weapons designer. The thing that made him different from Wallis or Chadwick was his complicity in the use of slave labor for the construction of his weapons. He was a frequent visitor to Nordhausen. In the museum there you can see photos of Von Braun visiting the facilities in SS uniform.
As enthusiastic as I am about the U.S. manned space program, I do have qualms about the idea that this man was so central to its development.
I haven’t quite reached the end of this thread yet; my apologies if I bring up a point already addressed farther along.
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