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Originally Posted by multiweb
 I we had kept Apollo going I doubt NASA would have had any funds left for anything else. Besides we haven't sorted out growing food or having an eco-system in an isolated environment yet to sustain people. Moon or Mars bases are still a long way away I reckon. Think about what all the shuttle has accomplished. We got Hubble up there for a start. That alone justifies it. We know a lot more than we did 10yrs ago.  |
Might the reason we haven't sorted out growing food or eco-systems is because we shifted focus from the moon and beyond to Low Earth Orbit. Hubble and the ISS could both have been launched using APOLLO type technology and I think we would have learned a hell of a lot more. I still think that there will be a place for a Shuttle in the future if the space elevator doesn't become viable I think they will get that working someday.