Nazis secretly developed plot to drop radioactive bomb on New
York from supersonic space rocket - Hermann Goering was tasked
with overcoming long-range bombing problem - Much of the
research would later pave the way for modern space travel Nazi
chief Hermann Goering plotted to attack New York in a bizarre
plot involving a manned space rocket dropping a dirty bomb over
the Manhattan skyline. Vying for Hitler's attention, the head of
the German air-force, Hermann Goering, set up a lab and a team
of leading scientists to explore the possibility of the
radioactive attack on American soil. Goering read the work of
maverick Austrian engineer, Eugen Saenger and particularly his
belief that a space plane could be built. New York: The Nazis
wanted to attack the U.S. but they lacked long-range bombers
capable of covering the distance. They explored a rocked-
propelled spacecraft as a way to reach and bomb New York
(pictured) The head of the Luftwaffe commissioned him and other
leading physicists to explore the plane, wh