On 11/29/2011 05:35 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
"Matt Wiser" wrote in message ...


"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message
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On 11/28/2011 08:00 PM, Matt Wiser wrote:

Thanks for the update. Then it's LBJ we should blame for shutting down
Saturn. You may now print out a pic of LBJ at leisure and throw
however many darts at the man as you see fit.

Nixon bears about as much responsibility for the end of Apollo/Saturn as
Obama does for the end of shuttle. In both cases it was not a decision
to cancel the program; it was a choice not to reverse a predecessor's
decision. Which still means that both men "bought into" the decisions,
in my opinion.

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice" - Neil Peart

I'll go along with that: they still should've at least flown the last
three
Apollos and Skylab-B.

That would have been a good trick with only two Saturn Vs leftover. ;-)

Right. If you're going to fly both Skylab and Skylab-B, you only have
one left for an Apollo mission.

As always, though, it raises the question of what to cancel to pay for them.