Goddard and Guggenheim in 1924 instead of 1930

Suppose Daniel Guggenheim decided to fund Robert Goddard's work in rocketry in 1924 instead of 1930. How far does this let American rocketry advance and what butterflies, if any, emerge?
 
I'd have to review the sequence of technical tasks & experiments. This is very likely to accelerate development, but how I cant say. In the 1920s Goddard did most of his work with liquid fuels, which is good for high altitude or long range rockets, but for short range small utilitarian rockets solid fuels have some advantages. In other words this may not help the US with weapons in the 1940s. That is I'm unsure the US would see a advantage in a high cost low return weapon like a V2 equivalent.
 
I'd have to review the sequence of technical tasks & experiments. This is very likely to accelerate development, but how I cant say. In the 1920s Goddard did most of his work with liquid fuels, which is good for high altitude or long range rockets, but for short range small utilitarian rockets solid fuels have some advantages. In other words this may not help the US with weapons in the 1940s. That is I'm unsure the US would see a advantage in a high cost low return weapon like a V2 equivalent.

If the roaring 20s allow Goddard to advance enough to get funding from the Weather Bureau or another two / three sources it might not only advance his work but also disseminate it. Pushing Goddard to a L series or P series before 1930 puts the US (and maybe other nations) way ahead of OTL...
 
What could the US military do with liquid fuel missiles in the 1940s?

Waste money on creating wonder weapons like the Nazis instead of spending it on useful things like tanks, anti-submarine escorts and the Manhattan project? The Allies wanted for many things during WW2, but extra ability to inaccurately bomb Axis civilian population centers with conventional explosives & incendiaries isn't one of them.
 
Waste money on creating wonder weapons like the Nazis instead of spending it on useful things like tanks, anti-submarine escorts and the Manhattan project? The Allies wanted for many things during WW2, but extra ability to inaccurately bomb Axis civilian population centers with conventional explosives & incendiaries isn't one of them.

High speed, fast climb point interceptor, like the Ryan Fireball.
Dual power, as you don't want the rocket going for the take-off on the CV deck
 
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