Von Braun had lots of experience running a large industrial high-tech R&D operation. Unfortunately, Goddard never got the chance.
“Von Braun had lots of experience running a large industrial high-tech R&D operation. Unfortunately, Goddard never got the chance.”
We had many such people. Goddard’s work would have certainly inevitably been carried on by any of them. Had Von Braun died in an air raid, Nasa in the 60s would have went in a similar direction, with similar results.