[I cannot think of a name]

“The Gemini space missions took about 18 months from approval to first flight.”

Sorry, that was another era and another America.

Today they Gemini program wouldn’t even be approved. Every space capsule design would have to be large enough for one woman, one minority, one gay, one transgendered - and probably one white male just to operate all those silly knobs and switch things.

[Scrambler Bob]

“large enough for one woman, one minority, one gay, one transgendered - and probably one white male just to operate all those silly knobs and switch things.”

Could you combine the first 4?

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, I think the docking hatched used for the Shuttle were the same as for Apollo. I’d say we need to bring back Apollo, but as you put it, it was “another America” that built it, man-rated it and improved it.