On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:03:27 -0500, Stephen Harding wrote:

robert arndt wrote:

Yeah, kinda like some of the RAM kooks that don't believe the German
windtunnel data, thousands of tons of captured German documents and FE
(foreign equipment) flown at Wright Field/Patterson had ANYTHING to do
with the US postwar success in the space race and military aviation.

Given that the Russkies had the lead in the space race right up into
the late 60's, such equipment didn't seem to benefit the US much; at
least not in space.


SMH

Actually, the Soviets were killing launch crew and cosmonauts on a
continuing basis. They simply did not report the things that went "BOOM".

They never had a significant lead, if they had a lead at all.

Al Minyard