Elon Musk: “We destroyed the Saturn 5 rocket that was, that could take…”

“If you told people this after landing on the moon in 69, why do. You think in 50 years America never went back to the moon? Well, We destroyed the Saturn 5 rocket that was, that could take people to the moon. and had the space shuttle which could only go to low Earth orbit. And then there really hasn't been anything to replace.” (13:16–13:21)

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