That too, but all it did was obit the earth, and really didn’t go anywhere. My idea of space exploration, is going to Mars, and building a small exploration base on the lunar surface for starters.
Just imagine if those in the ships of Columbus’s day had decided to endlessly circle around the Mediterranean instead of making the big exploration leaps.
“My idea of space exploration, is going to Mars, and building a small exploration base on the lunar surface for starters.”
100 Saturn V payloads could have made both of those things happen.
We’re apparently in violent agreement! Squandered opportunity and resources, and all we have is a few static displays.