[AR] Re: video of V-2 launch procedures
- From: Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 08:10:55 +0200
Am 13.05.2019 um 19:55 schrieb Henry Spencer:
1942, actually (Oct 3rd). But there is a big difference between "first
successful flight" and "ready for operational service" -- in fact, even
when it did go into service, the V-2 wasn't really ready, as witness the
large number of failures. (About 1600 fired against Antwerp produced
about 600 hits.)
The production method ( forced labor, work to death ) would have never
allowed to improve on that percentage.
All aided by other resource limitations.
Same goes for the other high tech projects. aero engines in general, Jet
engines, ...
Uwe
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