Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Briton in space

Re:Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Brit... by NLips on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @07:22AM (#10115673)

'Nazi rocket' is from the original title (although for some reason the title here has been subtly changed - from "How a Nazi rocket could have put a Briton in space").

It's also a specific and potentially interesting piece of information, as opposed to 'communism rockets'. It refers to a specific regime, like someone referring to a 'Roman sword'.

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Re:Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Brit... by williamhpark on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @08:08AM (#10115840)

Thanks for pointing this out. I left 'Nazi rocket' in as I felt it was essential to the point of the article: A story about clamour to obtain wartime tech to repurpose for space exploration.

The reason for the change is simple. The one misleading term in the title is the word 'Briton'. A Briton is not a British person, but rather an archaic term for a Celtic person who inhabited ancient Britain.

I thought it would be FAR more click-baity to suggest an ancient Celt tried to reach space in a rocket.

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Re:Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Brit... by notahacker on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @08:39AM (#10115992)

The OED and common usage both agree that Briton is a standard term for a British person, and incidentally also an archaic term for Celtic people who inhabited ancient Britain...

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Re:Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Brit... by quarterto on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @09:07AM (#10116140)

I'm pretty sure the BBC know what "briton" means.

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