Actually I was referring to Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), the American who has been called the father of modern rocketry.
Goddard More to the point, just because the Nazis later used rocket science to develop V2 rockets does not invalidate Goodard'e earlier theories of rocket science. Would anyone question that Columbus was motivated in large part by "greed and politics" when he set out to prove the theory that world was round, not flat? Whatever his motiviations, he and the scientists who came up with the theory were right, notwithstanding popular opinion to the contrary at the time.
Speculating about peoples' motivations is part of the political debate - we need to resolve the climate change question through scientific, not policticial, debate. The link that JayCee posted earlier is a great example of the kind of discussion this issue needs.
