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🗓️ 5 August 2025
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The father of U.S. space exploration, Wernher von Braun, started out as a Nazi collaborator and a member of the Nazi SS. Why did the U.S. ignore his Nazi involvement and how do we reconcile his remarkable achievements with his dark past?
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0:00.0 | Okay, how does one guy go from creating devastating weapons for the Nazis to creating NASA and the space program for the United States? |
0:09.0 | Werner von Braun was born into a noble Prussian family and was later recruited by the Third Reich to build rockets. |
0:16.5 | But after all that, how did he wind up at the helm of NASA and doing space documentaries with Walt Disney? |
0:23.5 | I'm Patty Steele, from Nazi collaboration to U.S. space exploration. |
0:28.6 | That's next on the backstory. |
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