It may not have been the primary focus in most cases, but, the end result is that it has helped to improve our leisure time. Robert H. Goddard lived and worked in New Mexico for several years as he made great strides in the successful development of the rocket. His work has made our play more pleasurable while being more of a necessity. On the surface, it appears that all Dr. Goddard did was create a new hobby for many people around the world. Model rocketry is a fast growing hobby that is not just a hobby for kids.
Adults spend their leisure time with their kids or by themselves shooting for the stars.
Model rocketry only touches the surface of what was started by Goddard. The entire space program has done wonders to enhance the leisure incident in this nation. Space program technology has given us the opportunity to do so many things that only people with vision could see. Most of the technological advances that have come from the space program has improved everyone's life in some manner. Travel is safer, advances in health care have been made, communication has been improved, new materials have been developed and a better understanding of the necessities of life are the direct result of the space program.