/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16047012
more like the hole left after the US slashed NASAs budget by like ten times. but yes.
STS as part of the intended Space Transportation System was the only real way forward.

>>14565721
God that makes me so mad. It’s worse in that this wasn’t some fictional story - there is written proof and what NASA intended to do and they said “fuck you” to that.

>>14565738
The show has a weird and schizo timeline that makes no sense. NASA is kicked into high-gear but they don’t build any of their planned vehicles? And the base doesn’t get bigger until over a decade after the lunar landing? Makes no sense.

NASA was pretty clear with their plan. Saturn V would fly but in a limited fashion. The space shuttle would come about too. These would be used to service nuclear tugs that could carry crew to and from the moon and eventually mars. But the show decided to stick to Apollo nostalgia (?) and didn’t have any of this, then suddenly had Shuttle nostalgia and brought them around the moon (?). What?

>>11251177
Your using an ‘either/or’ mentality, Von Braun wanted both tugs and Shuttles.