You think that's bad - have you worked out how big the launch vehicle(s) would have been?
The Apollo missions put 45 tonnes in a trans-lunar transfer orbit, and were able to put 15 tonnes of that on the surface of the moon and then bring 6 tonnes back to Earth. That required a launch vehicle with a wet mass of 3000 tonnes...
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Date: 2009-11-16 09:30 pm (UTC)The Apollo missions put 45 tonnes in a trans-lunar transfer orbit, and were able to put 15 tonnes of that on the surface of the moon and then bring 6 tonnes back to Earth. That required a launch vehicle with a wet mass of 3000 tonnes...