On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:16:38 -0400, John Steinberg
wrote:

posts this article from Flight International of
September 1976. It is sad to see that so very few of the aspirations
have actually been achieved.

SPACE SHUTTLE DEBUT.

Flight International 25 September 1976.

The first Orbiter vehicle, main constituent of America's Space Shuttle,
was rolled out at Palmdale in California last week. The Shuttle is a
second- generation launch vehicle, and from 1980 will carry into orbit
most US and European payloads.

DAVID BAKER and MICHAEL WILSON here present a users' guide to the
Shuttle and its growing range of "add-on" equipment.
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Don't you guys know how to post links, FFS!