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[–] Dominus_Stercae ago 

We're clearly in the same ball park and perhaps splitting hairs, but I feel the need to respond on one of your points.

It's not a matter of American pride! Lass mich dir 'was sagen. Ich hab' absolut kein Problem ;-) honoring the role Wernher von Braun and his team had in the advance. My goodness, look at the Saturn V! In my opinion, he's in history's topmost echelon of engineers and innovators. But it's a statement of fact that the very first liquid fueled rockets to fly were designed and built by Robert Goddard. Not Tsiolkovsky. Not Oberth. And not von Braun. I know you're not claiming otherwise on that, but I do believe you're devaluing Goddard's achievement.

Wernher von Braun himself deferred to Goddard. His word is more than good enough for me!

PS: Thank you for your civility. All too rare - especially hereabouts.

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[–] HuginnOgMuninn [S] ago 

Goddard didn't do anything other than implement Tsiolkovskys ideas you retarded fucking NIGGER!

Honestly, I'm always glad to have civil and productive conversations here, I grab every chance I get. And the rocket enthusiasts have really been crawling out of the woodwork in this thread. Too often I feel like all I do here is tard wrangle.

Maybe this is just the sort of crowd that naturally gathers at white-pill / optimistic posts.

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[–] Dominus_Stercae ago  (edited ago)

Yes, the place is flooded with anti-engineer and anti-science trolls. Not sure if they're genuinely ignorant or just well poisoners.