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Old 04-15-10, 08:08 PM   #52
razark
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..if we had been technologically static for the past 38 years.
I find that mildly amusing, considering how much of Constellation was basically ripped straight from the Apollo program.

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As they said in the movie "The Right Stuff" No bucks, no Buck Rogers. Well, we aint got the bucks.... at this time. Hopefully soon we will have the bucks.
We've got the bucks. We're just spending them on other stuff. My main point is that the space program isn't exactly the huge money sink that people make it out to be.

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But hey, this is just one guy's opinion.
It's better than some I've dealt with. At least you aren't claiming the whole thing was faked.
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