[Bluestein]

> For the question as why can't we make Apollo ships or Saturn V's anymore, a lot of plans and drawings were lost. Key people making decisions, testing, or even building parts on an assembly line weren't there.

"Know-how rot" is a thing. Actual people involved are literally dying off, and knowledge is being lost. It could have been a peak, the Apollo program.-

[fasa99]

Welp it was a peak, the Apollo program. Actually we'd want it to not be a peak, but a stepping stone to something greater. Alas.