Wernher von Braun is known as the father of space flight. During WWII the Nazis developed the first viable rocket technology. In 1942, when Germany launched V-2 rockets in attacks on civilians in London, von Braun objected and was briefly jailed but subsequently released because he was so critical to the German war effort. In 1945, his entire team and their families – 5,000 people – surrendered to…