[ExI] RES: RES: temporary open season on turing

Henrique Moraes Machado cetico.iconoclasta at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 18:04:03 UTC 2012


On 25 June 2012 16:36, Henrique Moraes Machado
<cetico.iconoclasta at gmail.com> wrote:
By Von Braun you mean that nazi guy that used extensive slave labour to
build V2 bombs? Just wanting to be clear.

Stefano Vaj> No, the One That Saved Good God-Fearing US Citizens From Soviet
Domination of the World and Perhaps the Universe by Putting Them First On
the Moon. :-)


Well, the bloody commies did put a satellite and a man (and don't forget the
dog) in orbit first, using their own version of slave labour and all without
Von Braun. The obvious conclusion is that Von Braun is not the great hero of
'space conquest', but slave labour is.




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