Close. I am told my mother's grandparents came from Saxony, in an effort to avoid being drafted into the Kaiser's army. Do I get a magic decoder ring if I know more? At least I am 25% German. What are you?

I laugh at DNA. As though it contained our soul?

The Army built and deployed German built rockets (Redstone, Jupiter). And loaned their personnel to be employed by the rocket prime contractors. Ultimately, the Germans designed and oversaw the production of the Saturn V that took us to the Moon. So, it is a hilarious slander to say their rockets were "inadequate." They were regularly described as being "bridge-builders" because they put so much margin into their structures. It was that margin that allowed the addition of a fifth engine into the S-1C first stage without a late and costly redesign.

Look, you really don't know much about von Braun, his Peenemunde team, their career at NASA, and what NASA is and always has been.

What "doom spiral"?