Sputnik and AC

[bobman0330]

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Instead of working on space stations in 1961, we were working on gigantic, useless rockets fit only for sending a couple people directly to the moon and bringing back a handful of rocks.

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Apollo produced excellent technology for space stations; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab

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That article actually goes into some detail about how space station plans had to be pared down because so many resources were being diverted to lunar missions. My quote probably does overstate the distinction, but I think an Apollo-less world would be much better than the one we have.