many of them lost their lives working on the weapon serial production the museum also conveys the idea that the v 2 should not only be seen as a destructive weapon that killed thousands its launch was also a watershed moment for the evolution of modern space technology. it was the 1st manmade object to. each space was in that. 942 was an historic day october 3rd is now reunification day in germany but this was in 1942 when the rocket took off and reached a peak altitude of 84.5 kilometers. back then the 50 mile mark was set as the boundary of space that's roughly 80 kilometers so the gateway to space was really pushed open here which of course on which side of history would you place the v. 2. really that's really a tough question it's a balancing act we try to perform here in the museum too it was the mother of all