Is this what the little guy has been up to, or is it the scaly bastard’s much more ambitious and upstanding cousin? Or perhaps this is some sort of darker, more sinister von Braunian kind of escapade – sort of splitting the difference between the Saturn-V and the V-2. (nb: When told of the first V2 hitting London, Von Braun remarked “The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet”)
Beats me.
He’s a nasty drunk, BRD.
When told of the first V2 hitting London, Von Braun remarked “The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet”
Mars was one of our Allies?
A very flattering biopic of von Braun was produced in 1960 entitled ”I Aim At the Stars”.
Some wags have suggested that it should have been subtitled “But Sometimes I Hit London”.
Are we to see a new, fresh from Japanese Anime cosmetic surgery, armadillo?
ARTIST: Tom Lehrer
TITLE: Wernher Von Braun
Lyrics and Chords
Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun
A man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown
“Ha, Nazi schmazi,” says Wernher von Braun
/ G7 – C – / G7 C G7 C / G7 – C A7 / Dm C G7 C /
Don’t say that he’s hypocritical
Say rather that he’s apolitical
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von Braun
/ B7 – Em – / / G7 – C A7 / Dm C G7 C /
Some have harsh words for this man of renown
But some think our attitude should be one of gratitude
Like the widows and cripples in old London town
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun
You too may be a big hero
Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero
“In German oder English I know how to count down
Und I’m learning Chinese,” says Wernher von Braun
“They may be Nazis but they’re *our* Nazis”.
I will admit, von Braun had one quotable quote that applies to my field of work:
Research is what we’re doing when we don’t know what we’re doing…
Too bad my boss forgets that one when he’s applying the timelines to our deliverables.
Here’s the song on YouTube.