The emphasis is on achieving goals rather than elegance, ... It has several elements to it. One is to say that the people who did Apollo were pretty smart.
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We'd all been lulled into believing the emperor had clothes on when indeed he was naked. The problems had been there to be seen. All of us close to the program didn't want to see them.John Logsdon
You can't start talking about space until you set an overall policy. Our space relationship gets to a basic question of whether the United States tries to contain an emerging China or engage it.
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This is an important test of the political will of the United States to be a responsible leader in international space affairs. It would be unfortunate if the United States walked away from its past international commitments as it begins its journey of space exploration.
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It doesn't hurt. The money they provide is very important to the Russians in keeping their capability for human spaceflight active.
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I'm not sure this is a hobby for him. I think this is his next big idea.
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