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Basically the question is what if he had received enough funding early that he was able to more fully develop his rockets and the systems they needed to be useful and what he envisioned. It would probably include not getting such a negative reaction when he published his work, and somewhere I read that because of his tuberculosis he avoided working with other to avoid getting bogged down in conflict with others to more effectively use his time. So if he is able to get the funding would he be able to match the achievements of the Germans (or if they really did steal his work would it inadvertently also bump them up) and be working towards a 2 stage rocket by the end of the war.
If he does manage to achieve about what the Germans did what are the effects post war? Does the US still bring in Von Braun and company or do they end up elsewhere? Does this have any effect of the bell rocket planes producing them sooner so they iron out some of the kinks of going supersonic sooner? Would they use the solar concentrator he designed to power a satalite or use his ion thruster to move in space? Would these developments spurred the Soviets to a more cohesive or better overall rocket program?
I'm sure I have more I could ask but they aren't coming right now and getting some responses to any of the questions possed would be helpful.
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