[avar]

    > the novel V2 rocket weapons
    > that killed an average of 2
    > civilians per launch

That's positively humanitarian in the context of WWII. Can you name any other weapon system developed during that war which had such a low civilian casualty rate, adjusted for the money spent on it?

[shkkmo]

While the weapons systems work for an adversary is itself a little problematic, IMHO it is his role supervising work done with slave labor under horrendous conditions in concentration camps while rising through the ranks of the SS that makes him a completely unsuitable choice as a namesake.

At best it indicates a callous willingness to tolerate the extreme abuse of others in the direct pursuit of his personal advancement.

[vjvjvjvjghv]

It killed many more concentration camp workers during production. Von Braun was an active member of an evil system.

[mmustapic]

There's nothing humanitarian in building weapons for the nazi cause, even if they didn't kill people at the time. The nazi project itself planned (and executed) for the elimination of millions, and Von Braun was involved in it.