V-2 celebration

[gilbert at sfu.ca]

Here's something vaguely _GR_ish:

BONN, Germany--Rising political debate forced the 
cancellation on Monday of a planned commemoration of the 
pioneering rocket technology that enabled the German army 
to rain ballistic missiles on London in the second World War.

Critics in Germany and Britain had urged the cancellation of 
the ceremony, which was to have been held at the Baltic 
town of Peenmunde.  It was there that the scientists working 
for the Nazi government developed the V-2 rocket.

Organizers had said that they were not honoring a weapon, 
but a technological breakthrough that marked an 
"outstanding scientific and technical achievement" and "the 
first step into space."

Jody

Gilbert at sfu.ca