[meteorite-list] Re: NASA to Unveil Plans to Send 4 Astronauts to Moon in 2018

[Ron Baalke]

> 
> So, getting to the moon with the technology of the 50s/60s takes less than a decade, but getting to
> the moon with the technology of the 2000s takes 15 years?
> 

There's currently no 'space race' like there was in the 1950s/1960s.  Also, 
this plan will land 4 astronauts on the lunar surface, as opposed to the 
Apollo's two.  And they are targeting the harder-to-reach polar regions to 
take advantage of ice resources, where Apollo went to more easily reached 
equatorial regions.

Ron Baalke