Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:45:58 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my monitor
: glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: : On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:45:07 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: : (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my monitor
: : glow in such a way as to indicate that:
:
: : : The fall was steep, too. By the time LBJ left office in 1969, NASA's budget
: : : had dropped 36% from its 1966 peak, and 12% since JFK's assassination.
: :
: :
: : Yet we still managed to implement Apollo.
:
: : Everything had been pretty much built and paid for by then.
:
: You still must support and run the missions.

: Yes, but that was paid for out of current overhead (which was
: supporting everything that NASA was doing). The "space program"
: continued, but Apollo was over.

So Apollo-Soyuz was a figment of my imagination?

Eric

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