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Wernher von Braun is a brilliant rocket scientest whose name has come up multiple time in during the space race. This natuarlized American citizen is undoubtedly the reason the US beat the Soviets to the moon (and according to some experts, the reason the US got to the moon at all). He was also undoubtledly a member of the Nazi party and an SS officer. This week, we take a closer look at this morally ambiguous genius.

Also, all of the Ts are crossed and the Is are dotted (and the Js are both crossed and dotted depending on if they are capital of lower case) and if this mission is going to launch in July 1969, it is now or never. But thanks to a new author named Michae Crichton, a lot of people are worried that the astronauts might bring back some sort of space bacteria that could end life as we know it on the plant. And yes, NASA has come up with a contingency plan to avoid that not-very-probably scenario.

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