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Old 09-06-2019, 08:51 AM
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Missile mail delivery

That's a bit weird.
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Old 09-06-2019, 09:04 AM
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:14 AM
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I think this was first started in the Scottish isles and , if I remember correctly , did work and was the part of some amateur research in rockets.

Amateur research in rockets between the wars all over Europe eventually led to Werner von Braun . There is a great book called The Rocket Men about this development.
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:26 AM
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I swear this is how Aust Post still delivers in our area.
The SDR (successful delivery rate) is directly proportional to CDR (Collateral Damage rate).

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Old 09-06-2019, 12:12 PM
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Old 09-06-2019, 12:51 PM
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Now I read the details, the Scottish Rocket Mail was a disaster on the launch pad, and the German responsible went back to be arrested for collaborating with the British. The book was The Rocket Team, and although interesting, is remarkably brutal.

( could have changed the course of history though if the rocket mail had worked)

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