Henk Boonsma wrote:

It all boils down to the fact that we're continuing where Apollo left off,
only now NASA will have to do it on a shoestring budget.

Sometimes a smaller budget is a good thing. It can be
harder to make yourself efficient if you're wallowing
in unlimited funds.

I get the impression that Griffin is really emphasizing
economy and efficiency in the planning, and that this
emphasis is not entirely familiar to NASA.

Paul