I was not aware until today that there was a Rusky unmanned lander orbiting the moon at the same time as Apollo 11, but it crashed (shame).
Have you seen the stuff on the Nasa site about the new Ares I and V rockets..? Ares I is the crew craft and Ares V is the heavy lifter to take equipment etc to the moon and beyond.... It hardly gets any press because people are too concerned with Katie Price and Big Brother.. and Swine Flu... It is like a Saturn V but uses SRBs from the shuttle..
I wish I had seen a Saturn V take-off.. Back then the Americans were on a mission.. literally.. they had an objective to beat the Russians.. Since the end of the cold war they have lost their way.. having to be concerned for the environment and the economy...
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