July 23, 2009 [B]: Biography of Robert Goddard

[Clodfobble]

Not only am I familiar with it, my children can sing it too.

[blueboy56]

Has anyone every figured out what the little dohickey is for on top of the wire frame? It looks like it was built upside down.

[WillieO]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Not only am I familiar with it, my children can sing it too.

I hope we are not making light of the fact that the Nazi war machine used slave labor from the Dora concentration camp to work in the nearby Mittlewerk factory where Von Braun supervised the rocket's construction. Records show as many as 20,000 slaves were murdered to eliminate any oral historical record of this new technology and the Nazi cruelties. Doesn't make him a war criminal?

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by WillieO

I hope we are not making light of the fact that the Nazi war machine used slave labor from the Dora concentration camp to work in the nearby Mittlewerk factory where Von Braun supervised the rocket's construction. Records show as many as 20,000 slaves were murdered to eliminate any oral historical record of this new technology and the Nazi cruelties. Doesn't make him a war criminal?

No. We are making fun of a song written by Tom Lehrer who is making fun of Werner Von Braun.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by WillieO

I hope we are not making light of the fact that the Nazi war machine used slave labor from the Dora concentration camp to work in the nearby Mittlewerk factory where Von Braun supervised the rocket's construction. Records show as many as 20,000 slaves were murdered to eliminate any oral historical record of this new technology and the Nazi cruelties. Doesn't make him a war criminal?

No, he told Merka the secrets and helped us out. Therefore he is not a war criminal, 'cause you know, we never do anything wrong...

[lupin..the..3rd]

I installed some scientific equipment at the Goddard Space Flight Center in MD about 10 years ago, for work. Interesting facility for sure. Now I know how it got its name.