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Beyond Apollo
13 years ago
General
I wonder how far we'd be if he US had continued with these projects?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/beyondapollo/
And I wonder how far the Russians would be if they had gone with Chelomei's UR-700 instead of Korolyov's N-1?
I've always enjoyed speculating about this stuff. :)
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/beyondapollo/
And I wonder how far the Russians would be if they had gone with Chelomei's UR-700 instead of Korolyov's N-1?
I've always enjoyed speculating about this stuff. :)
water and steam to blow a rocket to orbit.
500 colonists living and working on the moon.
50 astronauts manning a permanent space station in Earth orbit.
5 boots on the ground exploring Mars at any one time in preparation for colonization by 2057.
If it wasn't for the movie Star Wars, Congress probably would've done away with the shuttle program.
Short-hand version, the government is run by politicians who can't see anything beyond their next election and appeasing those who give them money to be elected. Something that's a decade or more in the future? What's a decade?