hehe, yes but if it wasnt for german rocket scientists the americans and russians would not have had space agencies (at least not that early)

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m4rtink 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, there was Goddard, Korolev & quite a few others. But it could indeed have taken longer if the military implications were not clearly demonstrated by Von Braun.

Still, an interesting possibility of a fully civilian space program from the start & how it would look like & how it would be different.

Kinda like in Wings of Honneamise.

	▲	dotancohen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Not only the military aspect. His staff literally were absorbed into the Russian sand US space programs. Von Braun himself famously designed the Saturn V.