2 - Dance with the Devil

Frontier of Infinity: A Space Exploration Podcast

We delve into a particularly dark chapter in the history of rocketry as Wernher von Braun is inducted into the German military to work on rocket projects just as the Nazi Party is coming to power. Von Braun will develop a rocket unlike any the world has seen but at the behest of one of history's most murderous regimes.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
(You can listen to the full track on Spotify)
Sources and Further Research:
Books -
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Deke Slayton and Alan Shepard with Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" by Michael J. Neufeld
Web Sources -
V2: The Nazi rocket that launched the space age - BBC Future
Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test - HISTORY
Robert H. Goddard - New Mexico Museum of Space History (nmspacemuseum.org)
How Much Did Wernher von Braun Know, and When Did He Know It? | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
Book Review: 'Operation Paperclip' : NPR
The V-2 Rocket: How Nazi Germany Created The World's First Guided Ballistic Missile - YouTube