One astronauts opinion is hardly the last word when many others in NASA including other astronauts feel differently. The people who have the best feel for this are the engineers involved in designing mission plans not the astronauts. The astronauts did not design the vehicles that went to the Moon they flew them.

Your siting one person's opinion without any details as to why is typical of your sloppy standards of proof. Without knowing the basis for his opinion it is difficult to argue persuasively against it. Most likely why you prefer these types of "proofs" because you can't handle discussing any technical details. Scott could be expressing nothing more than skeptiicism about political will for all the info you provided.

Thanks again,
Mark