On Feb 5, 7:13�am, "Jeff Findley" wrote:
"Jonathan" wrote in message

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The manned space program is, and always has been, a military oriented
program. The civilian cover stories of the early rocket days became
institutionalized.

This is absolutely false.

Jeff

all the original boosters, were adapted military ICBMs. Spece was a
public way to show our capabilities. Heck someone even wated to
detoinate a NUKE on the moons surface facing earth