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ShackThompson

"Once the rockets go up who cares where they come down? That's not my department" Says Wernher Von Braun.


jedburghofficial

The marvellous rockets of Wernher Von Braun! My mother taught me that rhyme with that extra first line. That, and a song about the Nazi high command not having enough balls.


ISO_3103_

Hitler, has only got one ball Goring, has two but very small Himmler, has something similar And poor old Goebbels, has no balls at all


Archduke645

Hitler, he's only got one ball. The other, is in the Albert hall. His mother, the dirty bugger, chopped it off when he was six.


FatPatsThong

Six? Small!


Archduke645

I knew it was wrong, it was from memory!.. apologies.


thepenguinemperor84

That's a blast from the past, I'm now humming it.


jedburghofficial

That's it! What's the tune from? I never knew.


Entire-Bottle-842

It's the Colonel Bogey March.


jedburghofficial

Thank you! It's been stuck in my head for a day now...


ISO_3103_

Same, since I wrote it. Gonna be whistling while I do house chores today!


SenorKaboom

šŸŽ¶A man whose allegiance is ruled by expediencešŸŽ¶


Frostedbutler

Well previously they came down on London


throckman

"I aim for the stars, but keep hitting London."


Mysterious_Silver_27

Damn you London, stop getting in the way of mein rockets!


buntopolis

ā€œSieg Heil!ā€ Also Werner Von Braun


CeldonShooper

If you have a chance to visit I recommend the museum in PeenemĆ¼nde, Germany. It taught me a lot about an engineer without a shred of a conscience. Dude wanted his rockets up, that was all.


Dustangelms

What do you think about the conscience of people who employed and rewarded him?


BigConference7075

the friend of my enemy is the friend..... I mean the enemy of my enemy is the....ah, fuck it


skaldrir69

Kennedy Space Center in Florida has the 1:1 of the Saturn V on its side much like this one inside a building with the stages broken apart. Itā€™s pretty neat


BS9966

Huntsville AL (city where Von Braun lived) has one standing outside the museum and one inside in pieces.


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More-Ad115

This guy Saturns


skaldrir69

Yeah I shouldnā€™t have said 1:1 and should have actual. Itā€™s a sight to see for sure


Select-Belt-ou812

don't forget to include that these were built by Chrysler Corporation Space Division in Huntsville AL Chrysler missiles and boosters reportedly never suffered a failure. It was still the time when Chrysler led the world in quite a lot of engineering stuff.


JeffsDrawings

Took a similar pic of my wife in front of that engine bell. It used to be displayed outside, fully assembled. Would love to see it in stages.


More-Ad115

You too can stand next to those same engines in Houston Space Center. The thing really is [absolutely huge.](https://imgur.com/a/mEcEmB9)


FR_WST

Oh shit I've been to that, pretty cool


PonderingPagan

I need an alarm clock this big.....


bomboclawt75

Nice suit, Hugo Boss?


655321federico

Only the best


E_BoyMan

Did Germans from nazi era at nasa, communicated in German ??


colstinkers

It took the man to the moon


waby-saby

They stuck it to the man!


__Becquerel

This is supposed to be the small step for (a) man?? it looks pretty big..


ChevroletAndIceCream

Allegedly


buntopolis

Yeah those retro reflectors put themselves there.


DrJulianBashir

Conclusively.


LightMcluvin

Only in a hollywood basement


CotswoldP

No, they took it to Kubrick to fake, but heā€™s such a perfectionist he insisted in shooting on location, so they launched a whole movie crew to the Moon and spent a month shooting the scenes on the lunar surface.


LightMcluvin

I like the Bible verse written on his tombstone (wernher von braun)


ArchStanton75

And? Weird how you act like that means something while ignoring the mountains of evidence the six landings happened.


LightMcluvin

Sure is wierd, even more wierd is the buzz aldrins comments about all of it


Gardez_geekin

Which comments are those?


LightMcluvin

https://youtu.be/pY0vRGFUYHE?si=LQeRQ3Jm5pZohkh_ Its just wierd Now, go on, tell me what he meant to say, instead of what he actually just said


Gardez_geekin

He said yeah, we didnā€™t keep going to the moon. Pretty simple stuff. Did you know you can shine a laser at the reflective panels on the moon yourself?


LightMcluvin

Just weird that we had the tech so long ago and dont have now b/c it was ā€œdestroyed by Nasaā€ all of it is just so wierd My pen lazer doesnt go the miles needed to reacb the moon, sorry i dont (and many dont) have that kind of lazer


dylones

The actuators that move these engines around for course correction during flight were powered by the same kerosene it used as fuel in leu of hydraulic fluid. A super impressive engineering feat to avoid added weight. Touring the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL is totally worth it.


jjwhitaker

But if you're out of fuel you can't steer!


dylones

I know youā€™re probably joking but this whole portion of the rocket would separate. It only needs to make first stage corrections I believe.


jjwhitaker

Oh for sure. There are a million details in these things that go over everyone head but the people in the room creating it.


No_Cherry_9569

Nazi


FancyVegetables

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip For anyone who wants to read more.


Micromagos

[https://youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio](https://youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio) Classic song on Von Braun for anyone who wants to hear more.


kc_jetstream

Rockets though


JokeNew3799

Visionary and genius


deedoedee

Genius, sure. Visionary? Ehhh... Nazi? Definitely.


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tinselsnips

Of all the takes, this is definitely one of them.


JokeNew3799

Yeah big explosions and sending shit into the sky is a perfect summarization of what it takes to put things into space and onto the moon. The high ranking Nazis notoriously had low iqs and thatā€™s why operation paperclip happened because space flight is a low iq field and they couldnā€™t find that anywhere else in America


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JokeNew3799

You just donā€™t see the vision so thereā€™s no point in explaining it to you


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JokeNew3799

Are you referring to POW camps? Jewish expulsion? Like all the other instances of that throughout history not native to the third reich? I was more so referring to space flight though.


ycnz

I, uhhh, wow.


Gardez_geekin

Von Braun is a Nazi for sure but the space program is one of humanities greatest accomplishments.


Marine4lyfe

I thought they were Saturn V rockets?


Mister_Banzo

Engine is called F-1, whole rocket is called Saturn V5


Marine4lyfe

Ah, thanks for the clarification.


SchighSchagh

It's not V5. It just V, as in Roman numeral 5. It's spelled "Saturn V" and pronounced "Saturn Five".


MorgrainX

Ah, yes. Wernher. The chief Nazi rocket scientist, personally appointed by Adolf Hitler himself to create the Wunderwaffe. Couple years later and he was one of the most applauded scientists, ensuring the USA would win the space race. His previous entanglement with the hierarch of evil all but forgotten. The 20th century was crazy. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google "operation paperclip")


emkay_graphic

The evil did not die in 45, there were so many afterwards too.


Sankari_666

I didn't know, Braun went to the moon. Maybe to visit his friend Adolf on the dark side.


Usualyptus

For me this guys past will always shadow his great achievements


Infamous-Program-485

What's messed up is that he is there because of his past.


Skreamies1

Honestly, this is an incredible achievement from this evil person. One Americans celebrate heavily but most have no clue the people/person they hated most Nazis were behind this tech. One hundred percent agree though, that man shouldn't have even been walking or standing there


MattTheTubaGuy

It's kind of insane to try and comprehend how much thrust those 5 rocket engines put out. And now the Starship Booster puts out twice as much thrust!


Fit_War_1670

Ackshuially those engines didn't even get us out of the atmosphere... Just did the heavy lifting off the pad and got them to around 2km/s(still 5 left to go for orbit). The upper stage(s) ran on hydrogen and were optimized for use in vacuum, they could also be restarted.


MegabyteMessiah

Fuckin nazi


Imperator_Crispico

https://youtu.be/UF5RhVBN54k?si=0WpI1sWm88ayT5fY Good video documentary on the man


Weldobud

He had plans to go to Mars. Then they realized how hard it would be. Very.


Airwolfhelicopter

Alt title: von Braun stands next to his greatest creation


Mysterious_Silver_27

Dr Strangelove inspiration?


Educational-Candy937

Now if only we had those on london


GrandMast33r

Fuck this Nazi.


H0vis

Should have put one in his ear as soon as the moon landing was done.


tayroc122

Should've thrown him into the rocket blast


smokcocaine

operation paperclip


Ping-A-Ling-

Awww what a good little Nazi ^wait ^a ^minute .......


Dihce

I know I donā€™t follow racing much, but youā€™re telling me the F1 cars are powered by these?! Fact Of The Day


wignatron

Technically, these engines only took the astronauts partway to orbit on their way to the moon. S-II stage got them the rest of the way to orbit and then the J-2 engine on the S-IVb stage took them to the moon.


Hotrodkungfury

Check out what is written on his tombstone.


ArchStanton75

And? That doesnā€™t invalidate the conclusive proof the six landings happened. Are you also a flat earther?


Cardout

Psalm 19:1


Hotrodkungfury

Yup, strange since it mentions the ā€œfirmamentā€. He also allegedly spoke on his deathbed of a fake alien invasion in the not too distant future.


4N_Immigrant

Psalm 19:1


Gardez_geekin

What about it?


TXQuasar

Couldnā€™t they have done the same thing with 33 smaller engines?


TK-329

Theoretically, yes. But first ask the soviets why this approach didnā€™t work (N1 rocket - the first stage alone had 30 engines). Much greater risk of failure, a mechanical problem on one of the engines could spell disaster for any rocket, but the fewer engines you have, you face a lower overall risk of failure. For the record, the N1 didnā€™t have a single successful flight.


TheKingGeorge92

Lies!!


WolfieTooting

Didn't happen


ArchStanton75

Isnā€™t it weird how, 50+ years later, no oneā€™s ever been able to prove the six landings didnā€™t happen? Go touch grass.


WolfieTooting

"Proof" 'whatever the media tells me to believe '


ArchStanton75

Saying you believe the evidence proving the landings happened comes from the media is a passive admission you donā€™t understand the evidence. Furthermore, you say that like ā€œevidenceā€ you believe isnā€™t media like a bunch of liars on YouTube. Post whatever ā€œevidenceā€ you believe proves the landings were faked. Your claim is an easily debunked lie.


WolfieTooting

No. Not because I can't but because i simply cannot be bothered. If experience has taught me anything it's taught me that it's pointless arguing about things on the internet with people who will never change their stance about something. I've never changed anyone's mind and nobody's ever changed mine and it's all just a fruitless experience all round. We can both do more important things with our valuable time.


ArchStanton75

What a passive/aggressive way of admitting you canā€™t back your bullshit. You canā€™t because the evidence that proves the landings were faked doesnā€™t exist. Itā€™s that simple. Donā€™t bother posting and opening yourself to embarrassment next time.


WolfieTooting

See what I mean šŸ˜‰


ArchStanton75

Not at all. I would have considered and analyzed whatever evidence you believed you had. You didnā€™t post any evidence. All you proved was that you make baseless claims and then do pseudo intellectual passive aggressive whining when someone calls you out.


WolfieTooting

But the difference you and me is that I don't need anyone to prove or disprove anything, I just believe what I believe. Also I'm not the one getting angry and insulting because one of us can't stand the other one having a different opinion on this matter. If you believe what you believe then I'm genuinely happy for you and I'm sure you're happy with it too. I'm certainly not trying to give out passive aggressive vibes.


ArchStanton75

More pseudo intellectual rambling šŸ„± The difference between you and me is I understand the difference between facts and opinions. Saying ā€œthe moon landings didnā€™t happenā€ isnā€™t a belief or an opinion. Itā€™s something that can either be verified with evidence or proven to be a fraud. Itā€™s not a matter of belief or opinion. Are you going to continue to waste time with more whiny rambling, or stand up and discuss evidence that you claim disproves the landings?


BoddTertuzzi

You probably the earth is flat donā€™t you?


WolfieTooting

No. I just don't believe anyone got to the moon


Gardez_geekin

Why?


WolfieTooting

I just don't.


Gardez_geekin

So you reject established science and history just because of vibes? What a wild way to live life.


WolfieTooting

It's certainly interesting šŸ˜šŸ‘


Gardez_geekin

Yeah have fun with David Icke I guess


WolfieTooting

I'll give him your love šŸ„³


Mongo101505

Took man to a hanger in the desert to film a moon landing... šŸ˜‚


Gardez_geekin

Nah


BoddTertuzzi

And you probably think the earth is flat.


jjwhitaker

Nazi. Michael Chabonā€™s *Moonglow* has a great look at some historical fiction about said Nazi.


waby-saby

Van Braun went to the moon? That's news to me.


Foreign-Parsley-007

The man to the moon ...right


AA_turet

Yes?


No-Success-688

Do you think the earth is flat too?


Roadrunner571

"Man" went to moon. But "the man" in the photo never went to the moon.


Chaserivx

Go read your Bible


WarSolid1904

Hollywood basement


ArchStanton75

Cool way to announce you can only parrot what liars and scammers have told you to believe.


Chaserivx

There's always an idiot nearby these days