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Old July 3rd 06, 05:31 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Derek Lyons
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"Jordan" wrote:

Back in the 1960's - early 70's, there were only two countries engaging
in orbital flight, America and Russia. Thus when Russia conceded,
America had no competitor engaging in Lunar exploration. This made it
very easy for Nixon to cancel the program for what amounted to personal
spite against Kennedy (yes, I know Kennedy had been dead for 9 years,
Nixon still felt the animosity).


This paragraph alone, your other bat-in-the-belfry mutterings
nonwithstanding, shows your near total disconnect from reality.

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