GRGR Finale: launching the 00000

[David Morris]

>From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
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>How can one more puny V-2 sent across the Channel compare to this? There's 
>nothing special about the technology of the German rockets that the Allies 
>couldn't have gleaned from one of the unexploded ones -- say, the one 
>carrying Katje's message to Pirate, for example -- let alone in that 
>treasure trove they plundered at Nordhausen. So, what *is* the significance 
>of Blicero launching the 00000 in the text?


Is this a trick question?  A-and, how many points is it worth?

The significance is purely symbolic, no literal technological advances.  It 
is the father giving away the bride to the rocket, 'till death they do 
part...

DM
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