Re: Missed It By That Much

wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (William December Starr) wrote:

>In article
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>cryptoguy <treifamily@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
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>> There were dozens (probably hundreds) of First Moon Landing
>> stories, including many written after WW2.  Yet, I can't think of
>> a single one which predicted it would be watched on live TV by
>> hundreds of millions of people.
>
>I wonder if any predicted that the mission would include a separate
>landing craft -- which would be *thrown away* after usage! -- or
>that not all of the astronauts on the mission would actually land on
>the moon.

Few in any did.  But then few were acquainted with the related
scientific and engineering realities.  Or they were _way_ over
optimistic over the timeline for solving these problems.

D.
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