Jugoslawien verfügte über ein eigenes Raumfahrtprogramm, welches den VSA als Anschubhilfe gedient haben soll.
Von deutschen Ingenieuren und Technikern ist natürlich keine Rede:


Did Yugoslav space technology sold by Tito put America in space?
By Paul Bradbury
Jan 10, 2012 in Science
The release of a Slovenian documentary, Houston We Have a Problem, alleges a new twist to the the Cold War: American bought a secret Yugoslav space programme to put it in space.
The posting of a documentary trailer by user YugoslavianSpace on January 9, 2012 is offering a rather unusual twist to the Cold War story, more than fifty years after America announced its intention to go to the Moon in May, 1961.
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