As with any new tech, it is ridiculed and shunned by media and society until it is proven, Edison's phonograph languished for twenty years or so till it caught on and till his dying day our gramps was terrified of electricity and built home in 1903 without it, died in '43. Naw, Goddard was way ahead of his time but as usual he was ridiculed. Braun was a pawn and a tool used by politicans to farther the cause, and he was blinded by the resources and money thrown at him to develop German Rockets. Slave labor is repulsive and bad, but are'nt we all slaves to one aspect in our lives? Jobs, Marriage, Child rearing? Just my 2 cents, thank you