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[Encore] Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Stars: The True Story of a Real Rocket Man with G.A. “Jim” Ogle
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The Story of Warner Von Braun
At the end of World War II, Warner Von Braun had developed this weapon system called the V2 rocket. He was always interested in space, but he had to develop these rockets and he had done it with slave labor that they had given him. But at the end of the war, you know, Germany was getting ready to surrender. And so he made arrangements to surrender to the U.S. With that, he had a team of about 700, 600, 700 people technicians, engineers that he brought over to America. What were they brought over here for? To teach us and get our engineering involved in developing missiles as a weapon system. Eventually when NASA got involved, you don't
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