XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sci.physics.relativity, sci.math   
   From: ttt_heg@web.de   
      
   Am Freitag000027, 27.06.2025 um 20:38 schrieb J Carlson:   
   > On 6/27/2025 10:16 AM, chine.bleu wrote:   
   >> OrigInfoJunkie wrote:   
   >>> On 6/26/2025 10:39 PM, Thomas Heger gelogen:   
      
   >>>>>> Possibly the Nazis knew (at least) about atomic bombs, built and sold   
   >>>>>> them to the USA.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 'Selling of A-bombs' would be actually a relatively 'rational'   
   >>>>>> behavior,   
   >>>>>> since such a-bombs are precious, though movable, objects.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> (BTW, that's why I think, that Iran has already a-bombs.)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Now tell us how Germany made the first jet fighter.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The Gloster Meteor does ot count.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There existed a number of Jet-fighters in Germany at the end of WWII.   
   >>> There were *two* operational models of jet fighter in Germany at the end   
   >>> of WWII, the Me 262 and the Heinkel He 162. The latter was a piece of   
   >>> crap, made mostly of wood. The Me 262 was decent, but the collapsing   
   >>> Luftwaffe had a hard time keeping them in the air.   
   >>   
   >> German jet engines lasted about ten hours before becoming scrap metal.   
   >   
   > I vaguely remembered something about that. I did a Google search on   
   > "were jet engines for me 262 unreliable" and the Google AI Overview   
   > answer reads:   
   >   
   >     Yes, the Junkers Jumo 004 engines powering the Me 262 were a   
   > significant   
   >     source of unreliability during World War II. These early jet engines   
   > had a   
   >     limited lifespan, typically requiring major overhauls after just   
   > 10-25 hours   
   >     of operation. This unreliability, combined with shortages of strategic   
   >     materials and fuel, hampered the Me 262's operational effectiveness.   
   >   
   >   
   >> British jet engines lasted much longer, German industry could not   
   >> build replacement engines fast enough to keep jets in operation.   
   >   
   > Sounds about right.   
   >   
   > Interesting that even as late as the 1940s, British inventors were still   
   > ahead of the U.S.   
   >   
   This was changed significantly by 'operation paperclip'.   
      
   In this operation the US forces roamed through Germany and captured   
   every interesting scientist and brought them to the USA.   
      
   They also plundered thousands of patents.   
      
   TH   
      
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