EXPLORATION OF SPACE; Reviving the Dream of Apollo From: The Washington Post | Date: July 16, 1989| Author: Kathy Sawyer | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

LIKE NEIL Armstrong's tractor-tread footprint, which remains etched in the moondust like a fossil in a rock, the grandeur of mankind's first touchdown on another world stands unperturbed as it approaches its 20th anniversary next Thursday. But as a foundation for a robust program that could, as President Kennedy put it, "sail the new sea" of space, the Apollo program has turned out to be a failure.

In many ways, in fact, the luster of Apollo has provided false cover for bad habits th...

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