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Originally Posted by MattyC
I remember that as well and also recall thinking the same thing.
Didn't we do that already like 35 years ago? Should be easy now, no? 15 years to do something NASA did in, what, 8? In the effing 60's.
God that guy was a moron.
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Come on Matty it was a different mission definition.
First of all the Apollo missions were pretty much rush jobs, fairly expensive for the time and they didn't use re-usable technology. The idea this time was to emulate the shuttle program by using technology and craft that could be used over and over again.
On top of that these were going to be longer term missions, the establishment of a platform to further explore the solar system and to possibly exploit minerals on the moon.
Saying that this is the same technology as the 60's is equivalent to saying that a model T is the same as a Porche.