Re: Back to the moon? When?


"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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They're not quite as willing to risk killing people this time. Also,
they're still trying to think of a convincing reason for actually going.

B.S. The money simply isn't there to go as fast as we did during Apollo.
NASA had essentially a blank checkbook for Apollo/Saturn development
funding. They don't have that today.

Jeff
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"When transportation is cheap, frequent, reliable, and flexible,
everything else becomes easier."
- Jon Goff


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