[OldDeckHand]

I wonder how many people back in 1969 or 70 would have thought that in 2010-11, we would be struggling to put people into orbit? In a few months, we're going to have to hitch a ride with the Russians.

It's a little disappointing to believe the Saturn program may have been our high-water mark.

[PIF]

It's a little disappointing to believe the Saturn program may have been our high-water mark.

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It's a little disappointing to believe the Apollo Saturn program may have been our high-water mark.

The Saturn booster in use today is a pygmy compared to the Apollo Saturn.

[DoughtyOne]

We have had a crisis of leadership in our nation. It continues today. It is unfathomable for me to understand how/why our leaders so mismanaged the space program. If the Russians had inserted their top spies in the White House, Congress, and NASA they couldn’t have done a better job at destroying our space capabilities than our leaders did.

And that’s just the problems with our space efforts.

There are plenty of other efforts just as effectively mismanaged.