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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Capricorn One

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Madness832 — 12 years ago(May 05, 2013 09:13 PM)

Would it have been possible to reach Mars using Apollo equipment?

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CharlesP2009 — 9 years ago(July 26, 2016 01:49 AM)

Sure, NASA did some studies on using Apollo hardware to get to Mars (and Venus). Conceivably we could've done a flyby mission as early as 1975. Basically you'd need to launch multiple Saturn V vehicles to assemble and fuel a transit vehicle before sending up a crew. You can read the [rather technical] details here:
http://www.wired.com/2012/03/apollotovenusandmars