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Message: [QUOTE="Paesano, post: 2566124, member: 5631"] I don't see another Saturn V effort in humanity's near future. The cost is just way too high. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by space and rockets. I wanted to be an astronaut. I loved Star Trek (still do). But now I look back on the Apollo program and wonder if it was worth it. One thing that comes from efforts like that are new technologies that get applied to other applications. So it is hard to say what the value is, exactly. But, man, did we spend a lot of money in that space race with the Soviets. It is inconceivable to see such a program getting funded in congress today. Elon Musk is doing amazing things, given the amount of money that is being spent. And even he is losing money at this point. But it is still incredible to see the cost effectiveness relative to anything NASA ever did. [/QUOTE]