Side story concerning Dr. von Braun: I attended a well-respected private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The school's stationery letterhead states "A Christian Preparatory School for Young Men and Women." They were not kidding about the Christian part! Consumption of alcohol was strictly verboten. Drinking any spirituous concoction other than Communion wine would result in immediate expulsion, no explanations nor excuses accepted!
And so it came to pass that graduation day approached. Wernher von Braun's lovely daughter was the Valedictorian of her class; the guest speaker was to be her father. Uh Oh! Guess who got caught drinking a martini the night before graduation? Yep! By a faculty member, no less! Out she went and her father was a no-show. She never did receive her sheep skin and we never got to hear Wernher count backwards from ten.
And now back to our regularly scheduled thread!
- Ed