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From: mcgeer%ji@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (Rick McGeer)
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Subject: Re:  loncrete
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 14:11:24 EST
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	Can someone please explain to me why we can't go to the moon before the
year 2000?  In 1962, Kennedy committed us to landing on the Moon within eight
years; we had to invent the technology and run three programs (Mercury, Gemini,
and Apollo), but we did it in seven years despite a major tragedy that stopped
the program for a year.  Now.  The engineering is done.  The Apollo/Saturn
design is proven technology.  Granted the production lines have to be re-tooled
to do it, I still can't undertand why we can't go to the Moon again in five
years.  Anybody?

						-- Rick.