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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by mannykannot on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:40AM (#40598767)
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department" says Wernher von Braun.

- Tom Lehrer.

https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-wernher-von-braun-lyrics

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by unethical_ban on Thursday June 06, 2024 @01:22PM (#40600033)
In German, or Englisch, I know how to count down... und I'm learning Chinese, says Werner von Braun.

Written in 1961. Wild.

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by chgs on Thursday June 06, 2024 @01:50PM (#40600333)
The rocket performed perfectly. It just landed on the wrong planet.
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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by pfdietz on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:29PM (#40600756)
The 1960 von Braun biopic "I Aim at the Stars" had posters to which wags added "But Sometimes I Hit London".
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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by TMWNN on Thursday June 06, 2024 @03:22PM (#40601331)
That's a quote from the film itself.
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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by panick21_ on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:45PM (#40600926)
Maybe if it was his department they would have hit London more often.
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