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[-] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 36 points 8 months ago

"ZE ROCKETS GO UP! WHO CARES VERE ZEY COME DOWN! ZATS NOT MY DEPARTMENT"

  • Werner Von Braun
[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

Some might say he's hypocritical

He'll just say he's apolitical

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Haha no, I wish. The person I'm replying to and I are both referencing a song by the ever-brilliant Tom Lehrer

[-] mac@infosec.pub 4 points 8 months ago

Was literally about to ask if they were song lyrics, they read exactly like them.

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

Actual quote from Von Braun:

The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet

Yeah he built the V2s, but it does generally seem like he was happier when he could use his talents for good rather than evil.

this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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