Dav Vandenbroucke wrote:

This discussion immediately founders on what you mean by "technology."
Obviously, the Germans couldn't go to the moon using V-2s. At what
point does developing something better become new technology? This is
just a discussion about words.


One of my old space books has a great black-and-white illustration of a
A-9/A-10 heading moonwards. The glide angle of the
delta-winged A-9 as it comes in for landing is going to be a bit steep
though. ;-)

Pat