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Remember that @SpaceX was full of #TRW_Inc rocket scientists early on, such as @lrocket. You ever wonder where all the Operation Paperclip Nazi scientists who didn't go to @wsmisslerange in New Mexico or @NASA wound up? Well that would be at TRW Aerospace in Ohio ... Image
@peterthiel's grandfather is the great Nazi rocket scientist Adolf Karl Thiel: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Thiā€¦. He had two sons, Chris or "Klaus" Thiel, and Michael Thiel. Klaus is indeed the real name of Peter Thiel's father.
Adolf Thiel, Walter Thiel (Adolf's older brother who would die during the massive RAF bombardment known as "Operation Hydra" in August of 1943), and others all worked closely with Werner Von Braun during the war and later in US. This is likely why Von Braun would dedicate
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