When NASA engineers drafted the blueprints for lunar transit, they didn't...

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When NASA engineers drafted the blueprints for lunar transit, they didn't anticipate the wall of resistance awaiting them. Back in 1962, a group of 186 scientists publicly questioned the viability of the proposed propulsion systems