In 1962, NASA experts debated reaching the moon. Some wanted big rockets, but...

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In 1962, NASA experts debated reaching the moon. Some wanted big rockets, but the docking team won by betting on a complex path. It was a choice of which engineering headache to manage, not raw genius. Those rejected plans explain our success.