Posing for a picture after the flight of Ham are, from left: Robert Gilruth, Charlie Donlan (I think), Wernher von Braun, Walter Williams, Scott Carpenter, and Kurt Debus.
(Photo: Ralph Morse)
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
February 4, Photoset Friday: German Rocket Scientists in El Paso
This week's Photoset Friday is a gem. Shot by Thomas McAvoy in 1946, it is entitled "German Scientist, El Paso." It follows around the Operation Paperclip rocket scientists from Germany and chronicles their new life in America. Among other things, they bowl and eat in the cafeteria.
And of course, there is the titular German scientist, pictured above. Can you guess who he is?
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