[californiadisasters] Re: Americans May Have Lost Respect for Nature's Risks

Tom Lehrer put it this way:

Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun
A man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown
"Ha, Nazi schmazi," says Wernher von Braun

Don't say that he's hypocritical
Say rather that he's apolitical
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down
That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun

Vic

--- In californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@...> wrote:
>
> Kate,
>
> In light of your comment you'll like this:
>
> "Von Braun's interest in rockets was specifically for the application of
> space travel, which led him to say on hearing the news from London: "The
> rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet." He
> described it as his "darkest day".[*citation
> needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>
> *] However, satirist Mort Sahl <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Sahl> is
> often credited with mocking von Braun with the paraphrase "*I aim at the
> stars, but sometimes I hit
> London*".[27]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#cite_note-sahl-26>
>
> Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Kate Hutton <katehutton@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Might possibly have hit Paris while aiming at London ...
> >
> > Kate
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> He never hit Paris but he did hit London. ;-p
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Louis N. Molino, Sr. <lnmolino@...>wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I call BS. Humans at least some have always walked on the edge and even
> >>> the ledge.
> >>>
> >>> Had Werner VanBraun not aimed for the Moon He'd never had hit Paris.
> >>>
> >>> Louis N. Molino, Sr.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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