/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12172384
They had some good reasons to switch to the dry workshop with skylab at least. They had a limited number of command modules to work with and if they couldn't get the station set up for some reason then you're throwing away the CM along with all the equipment and experiments you sent up too. But with the shuttle none of that was a problem. Worst-case scenario is that you waste 10 days in space before you bring all your equipment back home. Why not give it a goddamn try before you commit to a giant meme station that's gonna eat up the entire space program's budget for decades?

>>12172389
If shuttle had worked as advertised we would have had a moonbase by 1995 and probably earlier.