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"15 years to launch" means it isn't happening. I would love a Mars mission, but this isn't it.

• arjie 12y ago
  The moon mission was 9 years to launch.
  • danielweber 12y ago
    And that was very close to the deadline. By the time Nixon was in office, Apollo 8 had already orbited the Moon and Apollo 9 was less than 2 months away. No administration is going to carry the water to push along a rival administration's space program that's only ¼ complete.
  • Retra 12y ago
    The moon is also much closer than mars.
    • MrBra 12y ago
      That's relative ;)