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The Father of Space Travel
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The End of the Tom l'Era Song
Werner von Brown was a German-born American rocket scientist. He worked for the Allies during World War II, helping to make E-2 rockets that were used in Allied attacks on Japan. When he moved to America and became an American citizen, he complained about lack of funding. But when he was in America, he played a very, very high stakes game of criticizing the U.S., says Tom L'Era.
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