In the mid-1960s NASA began planning what to do after the goal of President Kennedy had been met and astronauts had landed on the Moon. A comprehensive plan quickly emerged to use left-over Apollo hardware to mount an expanding range of new capabilities - space stations, space bases, Moon-orbiting laboratories and temporary human settlements on the lunar surface.
But NASA wanted more and looked to what it called a "Post-Apollo" era in which...
Related Subjects
Engineering Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Technology