That should be called an Oyster Egg.

That wasn’t the point. And don’t forget that the USSR also had some help getting Laika into space.

I also meant to convey the off-topic sub context that a lot of Nazi walked away Hans Landa Style but without scar. A lot of Nazis weren’t punished, Nixon was pardoned, etc. We should stop allowing clemency in these cases.

You forgot they continued building rockets after WW2. 😊

Depends.

Not competent at:

• running a successful economy
• building a stable future
• balancing the budget
• etc

Competent at

• spending other people’s money
• ruining a state
• building rockets
• industrial scale murder
• convincing idiots they’re competent on stuff they’re most incompetent
• etc

These Americans! No wonder obesity is rampant among them.