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With Allied victory in Europe, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, who had been responsible for the V1 and V2 rockets that caused heavy loss of lives in Britain, was quickly whisked off to the US. Von Braun managed to evade prosecution for war crimes with support from the US government. He maintained that all the time his rockets had been bringing terror to British streets, his real interest had been in furthering the idea of space travel. I aim at the stars, he boasted. .. its just that sometimes he hit London. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2477830/Virgin-Galactic-space-travel-Countdown-Spaceport-America-prepares-passengers.html#ixzz2jDrJMkFI Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:14:40 +0000

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