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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by goldenkey on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:45PM (#16769804)
Sorry to dissapoint but see below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#Slave_labor

"More people died building the V-2 rockets than were killed by it as a weapon"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#NASA_career

"American authorities then chose to use von Braun and his German team's experience with missiles to create an orbital launch vehicle. Wernher von Braun had such an idea originally proposed in 1954, but it was denied at the time.[60]"

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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by skookumchuck on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:35PM (#16770497)
The production of the V2 was done by slave labor, but the research and development of it was not. As far as I can tell there were no slaves at Peenemunde.
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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by hueving on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:46PM (#16770305)
Not slaves.
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