jenstemmen.bsky.social
Dr. phil. #AmericanStudies | (he/him) | HHU Düsseldorf | Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz | #Astroculture and the Anthropogenic Polycrisis | US Imperialism | Critical Futures @ transcript
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For more on von Braun, the beginnings of modern rocketry and its continuities into modern space exploration, visit the exhibition “An Infinitely Dark Legacy: The Fascist Roots of Modern Space Exploration“ at the Haus der Universität Düsseldorf, opening April 25:
www.hdu.hhu.de/programm/ein...
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Confronted with the horrors of the labor camps where the V2 rockets were constructed for the Nazis under his supervision, von Braun returned to this romanticized image of early rocketry - the image of a hopeless romantic who made a Faustian bargain to achieve his vision for space exploration.
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The racetrack itself and the test runs seem surrounded by an air of nostalgia for what is framed as the - sometimes reckless, but always passionate - pioneering spirit of progress that the motley crew of the Verein for Raumschifffahrt embody for some.
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The test runs were somewhat successful and are considered an important stepping-stone towards full-fledged rocket technology. The same year that RAK 1 sped around in circles in Rüsselsheim, Wernher von Braun (WvB) became a member of the Verein für Raumschifffahrt.
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The construction of the RAK 1 was financed by Valier‘s patron Fritz von Opel, who had also commissioned the construction of the race track a decade earlier in proximity to the headquarters of the family business in Rüsselsheim.
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For more info, go to:
www.hdu.hhu.de/programm/ein...
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Das ist alles eine Blaupause für hiesige rechte Kräfte. Es wäre wichtig jetzt Resilienzen aufzubauen: teach-ins, um die Studis informiert zu halten, Handreichungen/zines für prekär Angestellte über ihre Rechte innerhalb der Forschungsfreiheit (vs. angebl. Neutralitätsgebot), Fachverbände einbeziehen
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@clairecazajousauge.bsky.social !!!
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While it is essential to name & also call out the Trump administration’s particular brand of this strategy, exceptionalizing it is only making Trump’s imperialism more slippery & more opaque. Resistance requires relating this brand of imperialism to other historical and contemporary formations. 2/2
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I‘ll go check!
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Oh, ich glaube Dumbo war da schon als ich noch studierte!
…die Gerüste übrigens auch.
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Danke, ja. Aber das ist ja wahnsinnig umständlich… 😬
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Danke für die Rückmeldung. Wird dieser systemische Grund dann behoben?