On July 20,1969 two members of the Apollo 11 crew landed on
the lunar surface.
The entire world watched in wide eyed amazement
at what seemed to be the beginning of a new era of exploration.
The last manned lunar landing occured on 1972.
Today, we hear much speculation about going to the planet Mars.
The truth is, we have not built any spacecraft that could even
return us to the Moon in many years. During a lecture attended
by Mike Burchett and Danny K. Blevins, well known engineer and
space pioneer Dr.John Houbolt said,"It would take more money
than the entire United States Treasury to get man to Mars."
The United States currently has no Saturn V rockets being produced
and the fleet of space shuttles are for Earth orbiting operations
only. A Mars rocket would have to be much more sophisticated
in capabilities and accomadations than anything that has ever
been constructed including the mighty Saturn V.
It looks like those wanting to travel to Mars may have a LONG
wait?
