wdr@faron.UUCP (William D. Ricker) (01/15/86)
In article <652@cadomin.UUCP> andrew@cadomin.UUCP (Andrew Folkins) writes: >In article <1326@ames.UUCP> al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) writes: >> Think of all the widows and cripples in old London town, >> Who owe their large pensions to Werner von Braun > > I just send them up, > Who cares where they come down? > That's not my department > Says Werner von Braun. [--Tom Leher] I recall reading a biography of Werner von Braun when I was in junior high, back during NASA's hey-day. If I'm not mistaken, which I easily could be dealing with memories over a decade old, "not my department" is literaly and figuratively accurate. My recollection is that Werner von Braun was not exactly a volunteer Nazi, but was coerced into cooperating with the R&D authorities by threats against his mother etc. (He may very well also be the German scientist that packed a truck with secret documents and fled toward American lines when the Soviets approached his compound during the last months of the war.) (* anti (political flames) flames *) Leave von Braun's war-work out of it. Munitions research is not included under war-crimes. A bit contradictory to complain about both lack of attention to Goddard's work and the results achieved by those who did pay attention. And particularly knock off the politics or ethics in net.space/SPACE-DIGEST. This isn't ARMS-D or net.politics or an SDI discussion group. I'm perfectly willing to listen to engineering discussions of space based weapons and to strategy discussions for more space-research funding but the rancourous politics, no. And my N-key is not the answer, as I am interested in many of the SDI discussions, pro and con, but would like to read them when I'm in an consider-SDI mood, not when I'm in a how-to-get-stuff-into-orbit mood. The best way to close my mind to your opinions is to shove them at me when I'm trying to be open minded about some-thing else. I can't consider all the new ideas in the world at the same time. -- William Ricker wdr@faron.UUCP (UUCP) decvax!genrad!linus!faron!wdr (UUCP) {allegra,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!faron!wdr (UUCP) Opinions are my own and not necessarily anyone elses. No warranty, expressed or implied, is given about the veracity of any statements contained herein. Applicable law in your state may differ.