>>1326885>absolute failure>NoIt was worse in terms of overall payload efficiency per launch than the saturn V and a worse safety record than any previous generation of launch systems. If that isn't a failure then I don't know what is.
> If they never went with this shitty launch + vehicle system, we could actually be on mars by now.>NoYes >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Applications_Program>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVACombine these two together and you have a system capable of getting to Mars before the early 80s.
>it also slowed rates of commercial expendable launch vehicles being created and implemented>NoPossibly did, possibly didn't, who knows?
