Wernher Von Braun lived in Germany and helped the Nazis during World War 2 make V-2 bombs. After the war he moved to the U.S. where he worked in NASA and his Saturn V-5 rocket helped the first men land on the moon.
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Best-known German rocket scientist and later master-mind of such Nasa projects as the Redstone, Jupiter, and of course the Saturn V of Apollo fame.
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Von Braun surrendered to American soldiers on 1945 May 2. Approval for his transfer to the USA was approved on June 20, and he arrived there in September.
In the 1960's the USSR was in a race with the US to get to the moon. Even though the US was late in starting, it had some advantages such as throttleable liquid fuel engines, guidance systems, Werner Von Braun, more advanced solid-state electronics, and LOTS MORE MONEY. That made all the difference. Getting there second seemed pointless, and the US has shared its scientific data worldwide. The USSR chose to put it money and talent elsewhere. The USSR may still beat the US to landing humans on Mars.
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