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Originally Posted by Kal
I think in retrospect you could call the entire shuttle program a step backwards from the apollo days. They gained a re-usable vehicle, but they lost the ability to go beyond earth orbit, they lost the ability for heavy lift, and the shuttle has proven to be very costly where it counts the most - the loss of human lives.
I see the return to rockets like Ares 1 as a step back in the right direction.
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I have to agree imagine where we would be now if it wasn't for the shuttle it was impressive but I think we would already be on Mars now if we had kept Apollo going