We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this bra… - Wernher von Braun
" "We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured.
About Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 1912 - 16 June 1977) was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, as well as the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.
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