When rockets are up,
Who cares where they come down,
It's not my department
Says Wernher von Braun
"In German oder Englisch, I know how to count down And I'm learning Chinese, says Wernher von Braun."
but some feel our attitude should be one of gratitude /
like the widows and cripples in old London town /
who owe their large pensions to Werner von Braun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKn1aSOyOs&t=63
He is amazingly talented across many different axes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)#So...
I know how to count down...
Und I'm learning Chinese",
Says Werner von Braun
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Pretty prophetic for 1962, pre-moon-landing.
...built entirely to circumvent sanctions and fight "Die Swart Gevaar/Rooi Gevaar"... ("Black Danger" / "Red (Communist) Danger")
When the changes came they continued on without missing a beat except their number one problem now was to convince someone to continue paying them to carry on making munitions.