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If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because the main goal was to beat the Russians to the moon. They also came up with a plan to fly astronauts to the moon then later devise a way to get them back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I heard they would have needed a bigger rocket for that, in order to account for giant clanking brass ones adding to the launch weight.