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The Father of Space Travel
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Importance of Vernavon Brown
Tom Lerer: Vernavon Brown was a brilliant technical director. He could have slowed the progress of the rocket program down, he says. "He didn't much care about the genocidal goals of the SS if it helped him build rockets," writes Lerer. 'Once a rocket's up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department'
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