Re: Exploring the Moon



mike flugennock wrote:


Other fun covers from the site include:
A V-2 about to be "squirted" at its target (as described in "The Mare's Nest") from april of 1944: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/MechanixIllustrated/4-1944/lrg_cover.jpg



What the hell are those guys at the big panels supposed to be doing? And why are they wearing those suits?


Read "The Mare's Nest" by David Irving and then you'll know:
http://www.fpp.co.uk/books/
Early on, the British confused intelligence on the V-1 and V-2 programs and thought the V-2 was ramp launched like a giant Honest John.



(you'd really think that guard would be more interested in what's going on considering it's about to fly directly over his head and incinerate him with its exhaust)


No duh. He looks like he could give a *** less, doesn't he?


He's a God-damned Nazi; he's been specifically bred to not give a *** about his personal safety and only be smart enough to take orders.
This is a fucking Cylon Warrior; this is one of Saruman's Urak-Hai's.



Why the hell is the entire crew of that thing all scrunched up front together, side by side, like an Apollo crew? That doesn't make any sense at all.


Check out a B-36 sometime- they are all in the small pressurized cockpit of the aircraft.

Pat
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