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The ideas that get repeated most often are what remain. I grew up in the 1960s with good, old American know-how. Later, I discovered the most popular stories were stories. The truth was quite different. It was not just the more well-known names like von Braun but Walter Dornberger and Krafft Ehricke, and many others, who provided the know-how. The U.S. used German technology to get to the Moon in 1969. Today, Elon Musk launches a rocket larger than the Saturn V and it blows up shortly after launch. If I was in astronaut training, I think I would consider doing something else.

[QUOTE="edwest4, post: 603693, member: 43077"] The ideas that get repeated most often are what remain. I grew up in the 1960s with good, old American know-how. Later, I discovered the most popular stories were stories. The truth was quite different. It was not just the more well-known names like von Braun but Walter Dornberger and Krafft Ehricke, and many others, who provided the know-how. The U.S. used German technology to get to the Moon in 1969. Today, Elon Musk launches a rocket larger than the Saturn V and it blows up shortly after launch. If I was in astronaut training, I think I would consider doing something else. [/QUOTE]

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