Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "The V-2 Rocket (A 4) - How Effective was it?" video.

Von Braun and team were kept at arms length because the usual suspects said they could build working rockets. Their failures allowed the Russian Germans to beat USA into space. Von Braun was eventually allowed to get going and he basically developed the Saturn 5.
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V2 was a complex construction. Using separate fuel tanks wrapped in aerodynamic skin. Those tanks could have done the job directly with a simple cone on top. The best part is no part. The turbo pump was stunning but over engineered in typically German ways. It was required to run for about 30 seconds yet it could have run for hours. Its said that solid fuel was not used because liquids were easier to supply. I suggest that solid fuel could have been developed far more quickly than a turbopumped liquid fuel system.
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