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A minimum of two years??? More likely in the time frame of five to eight years. A new lunar module would have to be designed, most likely in sections which would require assembly in space as well a new lunar rover much lighter than the previous ones would require design and manufacture. All this would require endless testing. Forget about the Mars rovers; they are much too small and slow to accomodate a human.

No problem is insoluble if there are sufficient funds to throw at it and there is a real desire to go but from my experience that is the way I see it and while not a propulsion specialist I do some of my work in the space program and know that is just the tip of the iceberg of the problems which would have to be overcome. Oh yes, one other matter, forget the current shuttles, they're too obslete now. Think more in terms of rockets which would have the necessary throw weight, like the ones used for the Appolo missions.

Dawg ]:)

I wonder how long it took for Neil to copy, print and frame the title of this discussion, before hanging it on his office wall!!!

Good on you Max.

You're a true gent.

GG

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TO THE MOON (In your dreams)

To Infinity and Beyond (but not to the moon)

When I'm wrong, I admit it (dag nab it!)

Well, at least I learned something today (like a little humility)

Would you like a little green cheese on that sandwich? Sorry, no can do

When dealt a lemon, make lemonade (but no Tang for me)

Crawling out of the crater I dug for myself

I'm only wrong, but Neil's a Lunartic

We may be swingin' on a star, but we ain't walkin' on the moon (Credit to the late great Bing Crosby)

I'm walkin', yes indeed .... but not on the moon (Credit to the late great Fats Domino)

I wasn't even crescent-right

Talk about shooting the moon!

I'm singin' my loony tune today

I guess I was just a little moonstruck

Sorry, Maxwell, the honeymoon's over

Maybe it's time for me to just shuttle outta' here, now.

The only rover in our immediate future barks and has four legs

The only moonraker around here is on a 007 video

Maybe I'll just become a Lunarian -- But there's no way home!

I see a bad moon rising ..... and rising ..... and rising ..... and out of reach (Credit to John Fogerty)

Neil to Maxwell: POW, To the Moon, Maxwell! (Credit to the late great Jackie Gleason)

Anyone care to join me for a little moon pie?

Okay, even I'm wrong -- once in a blue moon

I might be wrong, but I'm still always "right"

And Neil's favorite:

If we can send a man to the moon, why can't we send a friggin' man to the moon?

I've got lots of respect for people who tell it like it is and are not afraid to admit when they've been in error. You showed a lot of class in the way you handled it.

Dawg ]:)