Not to mention the American resident we falsely accused of being a communist and then basically forced back to China to kickstart their rocket and nuclear programs:
Yup he worked with Jack Parsons, the entire original crew of rocket scientists we're driven out and Jack Parsons was on his way to Israel when he "accidentally" died in the middle of moving. One if the other engineers moved to France and became a famous french visual artist. The Chinese member of the team was thrown out for completely racist reasons and went on to found the Chinese nuclear missile program. The social cost of racism is so immense it's mind boggling. Without racism neither NK nor China would have nukes. I'm
Didn't the pioneers of rocket science come from nazi Germany?
Some, not all. The German scientists definitely gave us a huge boost, unfortunately Russia got most of the technicians.
I don't agree with your implication that shadowy intelligence agencies killed Jack Parsons, but the story of Jack Parsons is fascinating! I think he just mixed too many random rocket fuel precursors. Or maybe L Ron Hubbard really did successfully curse him. There are a few fun books written about this.