And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Rocket science has a learning curve too!
ReplyDelete"Heinz! Did you forgot to oil the gyro, again?!"
DeleteI bet they made sure they were turning before the next launch.
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ReplyDeleteOr White Sands.
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ReplyDelete@Rampant Clam: Absolutely correct. This movie clip is from the Peenemünde test site.
ReplyDeleteThe rocket is an Aggregat 4 (A4), commonly known also as V2 (V = Vergeltungswaffe = retaliation weapon).
The later model A4s functioned beautifully and enabled the USA to take the first steps into space.
Short range missile. I have seen video of missiles that launch exactly like this, but they fly a lot farther before detonation.
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