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A black and white picture of a V2 rocket launch from Wassenaar in The Netherlands in 1944. There are trees in the foreground, as the first launches of V2 took place from street junctions and later concrete pads in leafy wooded areas on the south side of the town.

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  1. Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2024 16:46:38 UTC Mark McCaughrean Mark McCaughrean

    Your 80-year old reminder of the ethical decision you make if you choose to dissociate your fantasies of space exploration & love of rockets from the politics of the people building & launching them.

    Credit: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1879,_Rakete_V2_nach_Start_cropped.jpg

    In conversation about 2 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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