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Both of these views completely fail to grok both the documented benefits of America's leadership in space and the font of inspiration for visionaries from Wernher von Braun to Richard Branson who have aspired to send people there.

Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Newt May Have Lost in the Space State, but He Wasn't Just Giving Way to Lunar-cy Peter Navarro 2012

Both of these views completely fail to grok both the documented benefits of America's leadership in space and the font of inspiration for visionaries from Wernher von Braun to Richard Branson who have aspired to send people there.

Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Newt May Have Lost in the Space State, but He Wasn't Just Giving Way to Lunar-cy Peter Navarro 2012

But where is the leadership that von Braun wants going to come from?

The Shadow Market Eric J.Weiner 2010

“The tricky issue with international agriculture regulations is that these two resources, land and water, in many poor countries are not properly regulated and property rights are not clearly defined,” agriculture economist von Braun says.

The Shadow Market Eric J.Weiner 2010

One may spin this into why I have a perhaps-overly-fond view of Wernher von Braun.

What I Learned in Japan About Science | Live Granades 2008

The army started launching modified V-2s from Cape Canaveral in 1950, courtesy of Wernher von Braun.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

Presence of von Braun, team will be great at Davidson event.

NASA Watch: Exploration: February 2008 Archives 2008

Presence of von Braun, team will be great at Davidson event.

NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: February 2008 Archives 2008

Someone has to be helping these Direct guys a former submarine engineer, a software engineer, an art director, a mathematician/astronomer, and an IT guy who sells rocket models and uses an icon of von Braun instead of his own picture since none of them has the technical background to produce the sophisticated launch vehicle design analyses and performance trades that they refer to in their pretty powerpoint slides.

NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: June 2008 Archives 2008

At the same time that it was being aimed at English cities, von Braun and his team of physicists and engineers were also trying to rush into production an ICBM—intercontinental ballistic missile—the A-10, or New York rocket, named for the city it was intended to hit.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006