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Today I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book's (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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@todayilearned Today I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book's Martian Leader: Elon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project/_Mars:/_A/_Technical/_Tale#The_%22Elon%22

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

A literal Space Nazi writes a book in which the ruler of Mars (albeit democratically elected) is called "Elon", after whom Errol Musk's next loin turd is named, and said loin turd is obsessed with Mars. And being a Nazi.

What. A. Coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

To be sure, Von Braun definitely was the director of the nazi rocket program. After the war however he was transferred to the US where he became the director of the US rocket program.

So TIL: Americans love nazis when they’re useful

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

There were quite a few. The Russians also moved quite a few. Both governments were so obsessed with each other they forgot about war crimes. A significant number of space pioneers across the world had direct ties to human experimentation. Shit’s fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

USSR did the same thing, definitely not an exclusively American sin

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?

https://youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro?t=16

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Knowledgefight.com !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

1971 there weren't no racists in that silly apartheid thing.