Originally Posted by
Lyman
It took NASA the same eight years to go to the moon.
To be fair, in that time they had an on-board fire that killed the entire crew, an on-board explosion which almost killed the entire crew (and, if an oxygen sensor hadn't failed and lead to shorter delays between stirring the tank, would likely have happened while they were on the Moon and left them stranded), and cancelled it early before anyone did get killed in space. So it's possible a few corners were cut along the way.