Geek Syndicate Issue 6 | Page 26

Geek Syndicate Wernher von Braun has been proclaimed as “the greatest rocket scientist in history”. He was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, and space architect. He was a Nazi rocket scientist who was recruited/ captured by American forces as part of Operation Paperclip. After his group was absorbed by NASA, von Braun was the chief architect on the Saturn V launch vehicle, which was responsible for landing the first men on the Moon. His ties to the Nazi party were, by his own account, mostly for political and social promotion. It was the best way for him to continue his life’s work of rocketry, so he took the chance. After his arrival in the US, he showed little to no lingering feeling for Nazi Germany, further supporting his accounts of never fully embracing Nazi beliefs. Fiction: Wernher von Braun In the comic, von Braun is first shown standing in a garden with Hitler. What follows is a plot of full of bloodshed as he ensures that he is the only scientist left for the Americans to take. He has an ex ?[Y[H?\??X\?[??[?\???Y?[[YX[??XYH?H[?H[\??[???H\????X?\?K?\??]\??X[Y?H??[?\?\? \?????][?\?\?\?[X[??\?[?\?[?Y[??\???[??[?H[?HYX[???X?Y]?H\???[?[?\??]?[????\??H\?Y?x?&\??????XX?H?\??????][??\???[???\?[X??[??\??X?Y]?H\???[?H[?]X[H?\?\??]?^[?X[??[Y]?[??]H?\???]?HH?[?\??YH\???[??H[? ?]\?\?H\???Y][???[?[?\??[?[???]?Y[?H??\?H??Y[?????Y???YH\?[?\?]?[????]\??????][?[?\?]]YH\?H?[[YY\\??X?H[?H][?H???HH?X?[?[?]?]\?]\?XN?H?X??Y?^[?X[??8?'?]YH?[HX?H?^[?Z[??^[????[??^[??Y??\?[?????[Z]Y[? ??'H?X??\?YH??\?\?YH??\??\?H\?^H????[??[?Y\????X?\????\??]?H????X?[??H[?Y??[?[??\?X?YHX[?][???X? ?H?YX]Y??\?[?\??\??]?\??[?[??\????\?H8?'?\??]?\?[??X??\???]x?'K?Y?\?H?X?????\?H?X[^?Y]H??[?]?\?Y?Z[?]?H[?\?[?Y[??]?X\?H[[?[??[\?[??H\?\?\???X??[?[??XY?Y?X]?HZ[]\?H?\??X?H[??X?[YH?X?K\?\?Y[???\??KT?[? ???[XY?H0?H[XY?H??ZX?? ? L?????\??\?[?[?[Y?[?X[??HX[?H?[?\???]Y?\?YY][???]?[?Z[Y\??\??\??HX[?][???X? H?\?[\?\??Y???H?HHX[??&\?[?[X??][??H??XY?\????Y?K??Y][???X???[?H\?Y?[?H??X?]??[[????H\?X???[Z\??KY][\??K[?[?K?H[???]?H?]?H[?HX[?]XYH?[?Z[Y\???\??&HYX[??X?H?XYH??X? ??X?[??\?YH??\?[?H??ZX???\?\??]?\??Y[?\?[?[Y?[??]\????[?H?H?\ZXY?]?\?[?K?x?&\???\][H?\\?Y??[?H[?[?]X][??[?^\?]?\?[?H^X?H??H?YY??\?KB??????[XY?H??????H?Z?\YXB??