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Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2)
How Nazi Germany was convinced that they couldn鈥檛 afford to ignore rocket technology.
In the 1920s, Germany鈥檚 Society for Spaceship Travel boasted some of the sharpest scientific minds 鈥� like the incandescently brilliant young Wernher von Braun. But it had very little money, and progress was slow.
Then, in 1932, the army made a proposal: it would fund more serious research if the enthusiasts at the Society would develop a rocket weapon.
Despite a string of failures to launch, von Braun was able to convince key powerbrokers in Nazi Germany that they couldn鈥檛 afford to ignore rocket technology. How did he do it? And what happened when the murderous Heinrich Himmler made a play for the rocket program?
