Prominent Apollo. V2 rocket scientist dead.

[Braznor]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ann-German-rocket-scientist-dies-aged-96.html

Walter Haeussermann, German rocket scientist, dies aged 96

A member of the team of former Nazi German rocket scientists who helped America send a man to the moon, Walter Haeussermann, has died in Alabama. He was 96.

Key project officers, including Walter Haeussermann (third from left) at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency examine a prototype of the Explorer I satellite

 

[techs]

One less Nazi. I am pleased.

 

[Tweak155]

He lived to 96, not bad at all.

 

[DesiPower]

One less Nazi. I am pleased.

A Nazi who defected (maybe forced to but anyways...) and gave us awesome supremacy in space race. RIP

 

[techs]

A Nazi who defected (maybe forced to but anyways...) and gave us awesome supremacy in space race. Rest in Hell

Fixed.

 

[ShawnD1]

Fixed.

techs wishes the communists won the cold war confirm/deny?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

techs wishes the communists won the cold war confirm/deny?

Confirm

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

One less Nazi. I am pleased.

Not all Germans were Nazis. The world is not all black and white.

 

[DesiPower]

Not all Germans were Nazis. The world is not all black and white.

Yes, that's right, I am Brown

 

[Genx87]

Not all Germans were Nazis. The world is not all black and white.

Judging by that picture it was 😀

Anyways I see nothing in his wiki page that says he was part of the Nazi party.

 

[fatpat268]

Not all Germans were Nazis. The world is not all black and white.

Exactly. Some were forced to join the cause or risk being killed.