After WW2, where did the idea of going to the moon came from?

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After WW2, where did the idea of going to the moon came from?

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The rockets developed for long range strikes during WW2 were the precursors to rockets used for space missions. A lot of the scientists who worked for those rockets, most notably Wernher Von Braun, also later worked for NASA.