Despite Von Braun's many articles on the future of space rocketry, the US Government continued funding Air Force and Navy rocket programs to test their Vanguard missiles in spite of numerous costly failures.
尽管冯·布劳恩在未来的空间运载火箭方面发表了很多文章，NASA仍然继续资助空军和海军的火箭项目以测试他们失败了很多次的前卫导弹。