Need to have a more distinct opponent. Back then it was the Russians. Now, there's no one distinct 'villain' to race against.
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Looking remarkably like a V2.
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Reminds me of the German V2 rocket.
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That's because it largely was.
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Bumper 2 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program that topped a V-2 missile base with a WAC Corporal rocket.https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_765.html …
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That looks suspiciously like a captured German V-2, which probably is.
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Interesting. The relatively small rocket in the photo reminds me of the Estes rockets I built as a kid in the 1960's.
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Don't they seem to be awfully close?
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German A4 rocket
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And a German V2 at that.
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Wow. Didn't realize they started back then.
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This is a GERMAN A4 rocket, also known as V2! U.S. just stole it, together with thousands of other patents, from Germany.
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Hey, it's a V2 Rocket! :)
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There must be a foreshortening effect but … *how* close are those observers?!!
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The movie October Sky chronicles the life of a key guy in this fete
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