Yes, ok, we were helpless without Von Braun. We were lucky to stack two bricks together. And all the American engineers were utterly stumped until Von Braun solved every problem for them. The Nazis were the only reason we could have nasa.
Happy?
Goddard invented half the things that Von Braun got famous for.
I never said anything even remotely stating such. You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. Goddard was extremely important, and so was von Braun.