The German Origins of the American Rocket Program
Darren Court, director of the White Sands Missile Range Museum, talked about the origins of the rocket program in the United States. He explained how German scientists and technology created during the V2 program were removed from Germany at the end of World War II. The German scientists and the technology became the foundation for the American rocket program.
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Darren Court, director of the White Sands Missile Range Museum, talked about the origins of the rocket program in the United States. He explained how German scientists and technology created during the V2 program were removed from Germany at the end of World War II. The German scientists and the technology became the foundation for the American rocket program.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- By the end of World War II, why did the U.S. Navy want to develop rocket technology?
- In what ways was the German rocket program more advanced than in the United States?
- Why were the German scientists willing to work for the United States?
- How did the United States' victory during World War II allow them to develop rocket technology?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Kamikaze
- Nazi Germany
- Ordinance
- Rocket
- Soviet Union
- U. S. Navy
- V2
- Wernher Von Braun
- World War I I