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Slave labor and the V-2 (2010-02-23)

Dora and the V-2 Or why I don't think Von Braun is a hero. [Read More]

9 out of 10 cats prefer carbon (2010-08-19)

"Like my bike and car body, it looks best unpainted? I was very excited when the boxes arrived today. I was on the rebound after losing my big V-2 and decided to go for the other extreme, p ... [Read More]

V2 on P power (2011-04-26)

TORD [Read More]

German V-2 Nosecone on Ebay? (2012-04-17)

Any experts out there know if this is real or not? It looks really thick and heavy for a nosecone, not sure what I am looking at here! On Ebay "Extremely rare WW2 V2 nose cone, the first 16 inches ... [Read More]

V-2 rocket footage (2012-09-03)

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Titan IVA-20 Accident Investigation Board Summary (2014-10-31)

  Even the best rockets fail from time to time.   http://fas.org/spp/military/program/launch/titan_iv-20_sum.htm [Read More]

What a difference 150,000 km makes! (2015-01-28)

    NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Emily Lakdawalla Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (animation) This animation is composed of 20 images gathered over a period of ... [Read More]