[Aerkuld]

I'm watching the programs about the Apollo space program and I am still hugely impressed with what was accomplished. I think the Saturn V rocket is a staggering piece of engineering. Everything that was done at the time was a total unknown, everything was an enormous risk. Men put their lives on the line for a challenge that was really for not much more than just to see if we could do it. So I was struck with a sobering thought...

Imagine that none of that had ever been done and someone turned around today and suggested that we put a man on the moon. Think of all the objections we'd hear from whichever political party wasn't the one who suggested it, all health and safety issues, environmental protests, all the crap and red tape. Despite the technology we have now, do you honestly think it would happen?