re moonbase race in article c teik z zoo toronto edu henry zoo toronto edu henry spencer writes apollo was done the hard way in a big hurry from a very limited technology base and on government contracts just doing it privately rather than as a government project cuts costs by a factor of several so how much would it cost as a private venture assuming you could talk the u s government into leasing you a couple of pads in florida software engineering that s like military intelligence isn t it sysmgr cadlab eng umd edu
