On Tuesday 05 March 2002 16:22, Troy.A Johnson wrote: > Any links/sources to back up either point of view? > > >>> nassarmu at redconcepts.net 03/05/02 02:33PM >>> > > > >I thought that most of those scientists were exported to the US during > >the post-war occupation of germany... > > > >> And to think that we have a shuttle program to talk about, thanks > >> in part to all the scientists (rocket and other) who fled their > >> homelands for the U.S. during Hitler's reign. > THe following is from the site: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html <quote> With the fall of Germany, many unused V-2 rockets and components were captured by the Allies. Many German rocket scientists came to the United States. Others went to the Soviet Union. The German scientists, including Wernher von Braun, were amazed at the progress Goddard had made. </quote> In one of the movies based on the early space race I remember a quote that was put into Lyndon Johnson's mouth (at the time Senate Majority Leader) that went something like, "Let's make sure our Germans are better than their Germans!" While there was a history of rocketry in the US, Goddard most significantly, the Germans were well ahead in the 1940's. -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com