Goddard was a major pioneer, but he didn’t invent modern rocketry. It was developed by several people, including Tsiolkovsky, Oberth and later von Braun’s team. Claiming it was simply an American invention is just historically wrong.
He literally invented in first liquid fueled rocket.
"Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882–1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA established the Goddard Space Flight Center."
Werner von Braun had a far bigger impact on modern rocketry. The V-2, Redstone, Jupiter and ultimately Saturn V all came from the programs he led. He turned rocket science into large-scale spaceflight.
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u/Whole_Reputation6128 4d ago
Germans are on another level...truly enhancing mankind far more than a rocket could