Originally Posted by
BwanaJoe
That was the original US plan. L5 station followed by a moon base. From there a stepping stone to Mars. IIRC the timeline put us there by 2000. After the US beat the Soviets to the moon the governement didn’t care anymore. Skylab was a mere shadow of what it should have been and was supposedly to be. Shuttle ended up with the same treatment. It constantly lost funding but, in typical fashion, was told to do more with less.
And take everything old Elon says with a grain of salt. He is a great showman and big talker. He is also grossly behind schedule and over budget. Not to mention he is getting a really sweet deal on facilities right now from the US government.
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