“Goddard was not personally religious; his most immediate and consistent motivation was a desire for recognition as the founding genius of rocket science.” ScienceDesireMotivationRecognitionRocket ScienceGoddardRobert GoddardRobert H Goddard Book:To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957–1975 Source: To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957–1975