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A moon program requires a super heavy booster or on orbit rendezvous, not both. The reports from the sixties determined that on orbit rendezvous would be easi
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
A moon program requires a super heavy booster or on orbit rendezvous, not both. The reports from the sixties determined that on orbit rendezvous would be easier and cheaper, but take longer, making it more likely to miss their deadline of 1969.
- pinewurst 2y agoSupposedly, the former Senator from Alabama personally intervened on a continous basis to stomp any NASA efforts towards in-orbit refueling.