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The U.S. got involved in rockets and space exploration after the Germans used the V-1 and V-2 rockets during World War 2. The U.S. c aptured the German scienctist that built the rockets. Werner Von Brun was a big part of the Apollo moon missions. read up on Robert Goddard also. Rockets were, are also putting spy satelites in orbit, and GPS Global postioning satelites, in orbit. Commerical radio and Television saterlites are also a driving force in "space" science. See also "why Apollo 11 went to the moon" asked in wikianswers.

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