In article ,
says...
if LBJ hadnt screwed up the vietnam war making himself unelectable apollo might still be in use today.....


"might" ignores the fact that the entire Apollo/Saturn program was to
beat the Soviets to the moon. Funding was cut when development of
Apollo/Saturn was winding down, which was well *before* the first
landing even took place. I see zero evidence funding would have
continued at the level of the early to mid '60s even if "LBJ hadnt
screwed up the vietnam war."

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer