It were the European Nazi's who made it possible for them to reach the moon, but you don't like Nazi's, do you Ted? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/operation-paperclip On July 20, 1969, a crew of American astronauts successfully landed on the moon for the first time. Though only three of them were in the spacecraft, thousands of people had contributed their brainpower to put the astronauts in flight. Among the contributors: German scientists who had been members of the Nazi Party. The United States recruited them in the years after World War II under a federal program called Operation Paperclip. One participant was German scientist Wernher von Braun. Von Braun’s crowning achievement in Germany had been the creation of the V-2 rocket, a ballistic missile that could strike long-distance targets. He also had been an officer in the SS, an elite paramilitary organization dedicated to the Nazi Party. Other ex-Nazis involved in the space program included Kurt Debus, another former SS member, who became the first director of the Kennedy Space Center. Hubertus Strughold pioneered research on space medicine—and was posthumously scrutinized for his role in conducting medical experiments on subjects incarcerated in concentration camps during the war. Arthur Rudolph was one of Rickhey’s subordinates at Mittelwerk, where he managed rocket production. In the United States, Rudolph helped develop the Saturn V launch rocket that enabled the American mission to the moon in 1969.
