[paganel]

And it is quite normal, these are not "bad" scientists, as in only "bad" scientists will receive money to spit out the "desired" societal results, this is how science generally works.

If the society needs rockets in its arms' race against a foreign foe then said society suddenly "forgets" that the scientists involved are bad by definition (Von Braun was a Nazi, it doesn't get any more "bad" than that, his rockets had killed innocent British civilians) and it starts using their work for its societal needs. When some scientists start growing a spine and start realising the moral conundrum of their trade they're either treated as crazy or as communists (see Oppenheimer).