but the Me-162, V-1 and V-2 were all wastes of money. I don't have time to go into the details but any serious military historian will tell you the same thing.
You should re-read my posts.
I will try and make my point more clear for you:
Never once did I say the v2 was an important military weapon for the German war effort. So please stop trying to throw around 'serious military historian' references. I couldn't care less about
military historians. Any serious
rocketry,
space exploration, or
engineering historian would agree that the v2 was essential to future rocketry research. Heck, I bet even a
military historian with any bit of brains would agree the v2 was essential to
rocketry research(
*)
*Notice I wrote
rocketry research,
not war effort.
In fact, I believe I
clearly admitted the v2 was a poor focus for the German military effort. I'll quote myself for you:
Yes, Hitler's reality was off, resulting in some very poor strategic decisions. Including the focus on terror weapons (rocketry).
I did indicate I believe the v2 was an effective terror weapon- and I am fairly certain any
military historian would agree- but that is not the same as saying it was a cost effective weapon or that it advanced Germany's war effort.
Now, to finish up:
I do have time to go into details...
The research involved with the v2 was essential precursor research for modern rocketry. The v2 cleared the way for manned space exploration.
Any historian would agree with that. Try reading up on the Redstone. It was the next evolution of the
V2 and it just happened to be developed by the same German engineers.
So before you come back and say
waaaaa waaaaa but the v2 didn't win the war!, please, please, try reading my post and realize
I don't care. I am not claiming the v2 was an effective tool for the German war effort, I am simply reminding everyone it was
not wasted technology and it was
not wasted money. Sure, Germany didn't benefit from the expense or effort, but
mankind did.