Nazi Sun Gun

Read about the Nazi plan to build an orbital death ray.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 02, 2010
Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains | War | Weapons | Space Travel | 1940s

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Nazi Germany, for all it's evil, was a wellspring of scientific advancements and theories. The super-critical airfoil (Ever flown in a Boeing 700series or an AirBus 300series?) that is used on most large aircraft today came right out of WWII. Ditto for the elliptical swivel wing design. So had they been given enough time and resources I believe they would have come up with space travel.

War may be hell but it does advance science. Just look at what the race to the moon did for us.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/02/10 at 11:09 AM

KINGMONKEY!! hi, long time no see. nice to hear from you buddy. the germans were brilliant scientifically, but still were taken in by that short, austrian psycho preaching about the master race. unfortunate.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/02/10 at 09:01 PM

Hi Patty, it's good to be back amongst the weirdos once more.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 12/04/10 at 05:03 PM

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