In sci.space.policy Pat Flannery wrote:

SpaceX's Dragon is a lot better shape than Apollo as well; what this all
shows is a real stagnation of imagination on the part of the aerospace
engineers.

I have to wonder how much is to give warm fuzzy feelings to
congresscritters? One thing I learned as a new parent is that for
babies and small children, "What's familiar is what's preferred." I
suspect it applies to congresscritters as well.

rick jones
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