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minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink9•2 years agoVon Braun came up with the concept for a reusable rocket in the 50s. Not being able to figure it out was not the issue.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink7•2 years agoAnd a horrible Nazi. Let’s not forget that. The U.S. tried to make everyone forget that. But yes, he was a genius.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoYou strike me as an academic that struggles to appreciate the value of applied physics and engineering.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink5•2 years agoBecause Von Braun came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-22 years agoBecause Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed. But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink1•2 years agoYes, because Von Braun’s idea wasn’t funded. It would have worked had it been funded. That’s the whole point.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoToo bad he didn’t have a rich asshole without a clue about engineering to accidentally stumble upon him and his work then.
Von Braun came up with the concept for a reusable rocket in the 50s. Not being able to figure it out was not the issue.
Von Braun was a true genius!
And a horrible Nazi. Let’s not forget that. The U.S. tried to make everyone forget that.
But yes, he was a genius.
You strike me as an academic that struggles to appreciate the value of applied physics and engineering.
Because Von Braun came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
Because Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed.
But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.
Yes, because Von Braun’s idea wasn’t funded. It would have worked had it been funded. That’s the whole point.
Too bad he didn’t have a rich asshole without a clue about engineering to accidentally stumble upon him and his work then.