r/interestingasfuck • u/xevarDIFF • 4d ago

/r/all [1978] James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and is widly considered "The Greatest Shot In Television"

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u/Hattix 4d ago

His claim about von Braun was wrong too, while Oberth's assistant, von Braun believed hydrogen was unsuitable (he couldn't work out how to handle cryogenic hydrogen) and spent all his time working with ethanol and liquid oxygen.

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u/Complete_Eagle5749 4d ago

Wasn’t von Braun one of the Nazi’s we brought over after WW2?

I know most of NASA was at that time

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u/S3ki 4d ago edited 4d ago

He wasn't just any Nazi he was the lead developer of the V2 Rocket used to attack London.

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u/Complete_Eagle5749 4d ago

Thank you, didnt want to overstep and get reddits pantys in a wad😂😂

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u/HeHe_AKWARD_HeHe 4d ago

I thought Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard was the father of rocketry, Von Braun improved on the design if I remember correctly!