Unfortunately, it's worth noting that while NASA's achievements were extremely laudable, it's an open question whether they could reproduce the results in a sho

Unfortunately, it's worth noting that while NASA's achievements were extremely laudable, it's an open question whether they could reproduce the results in a short timeframe. Some of the technologies of the Apollo era have been misplaced (either within NASA's large body of hard-copy material or never transferred from private contractors who have gone away). SpaceX is exciting because they're doing launches and landings right now, reliably and successfully.