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Old 31-12-2011, 11:14 PM
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I'm sorry to sound negative, but aren't we passed the stage of Apollo style capsules and splashdowns in the ocean?

I would have expected the Shuttle missions to teach us how to build craft that land on runways and are totally re-usable.
There seems to be a hell of a lot of blow-away parts on this (as was with Apollo).
The way private enterprise is advancing it has more to offer than NASA.

I can't get excited by this step backwards to the days of the 1960's and 70's.
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