'The simple fact is that the Moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis.'
He's based on a real NASA official.Like it or not, the fifth installation of the iconic "Indiana Jones" series is on its way, with the now octogenarian Harrison Ford himself reprising his role as the series' fedora-wearing, whip-wielding protagonist.
Though the movie's full title is still under wraps, its creators revealed a few details about the plot in a new"The simple fact is that the Moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis," the film's co-writer Jez Butterworth toldThat's right. The film is set in 1969, at the crux of the 20th Century space race. Indy apparently finds himself in a battle against a fictitious NASA leader dubbed Voller, a maybe-not-so-ex Nazi.
In 1969, after several decades in service to NASA, the engineer would be questioned by a German court for crimes against humanity; prisoner slave labor was used in the construction of the V2 rocket. While some of von Braun's defenders will argue that the aerospace engineer was more or less a victim to the Nazi regime, two truths of his tarnished legacy remain clear: he was more than willing to accept human suffering for the sake of his own ambitions, and US and NASA officials knew — and obscured — his relationship to the Nazi party.
We're certainly wondering how the new "Indiana Jones" will grapple with those realities. If anything? It's yet
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