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I mean, Operation Paperclip and Von Braun were central to the success of the Apollo program. The Soviets had a similar postwar-German-capture program, if I reme

I mean, Operation Paperclip and Von Braun were central to the success of the Apollo program. The Soviets had a similar postwar-German-capture program, if I remember correctly.

drysine 11d ago
Not that similar https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583883
- sebmellen 9d ago
  Similar in the sense that they captured and extracted them, but you are right that Germans were not as central to the actual operations of the Soviet program.
  - drysine 9d ago
    Yep, that did happen