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Agreed. But still, NASA has worked wonders with what they had.
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Yes.. they used all the technology at hand.. but the shuttle could have been much better.. it wasn't the technology that was lacking.. it was the do-it-on-the-cheap gang (repub's) that slashed the larger & better shuttle..
Now Bush has OK'd a "return to the moon" blah.. blah.. all talk & too bad.. gotta dump the shuttle & Hubble.. and forget the space station.. and guess what.. all they could come up with is a 45 or 46 year old design.. merely upgraded in size & booster rating.. that is
if the grand plan survives Bush.. doubtful..
So here we will sit and watch other nations advance into space.. while we lost all of those years.. we still use the 50 year old Atlas booster.. what a laugh..
I suppose it has been so long ago now that more & more people can't conceive how we ever went to the moon.. it reminds me of that sci-fi movie.. "From Earth to the Moon" .. similar story.. but it has happened throughout history too..