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Old December 20th 16, 10:41 PM posted to sci.space.history
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default The Space Race was about Power Projection - Miles O'Brien

bob haller wrote:


well our military forced nasa to design the shuttle with a very large cross range ability


Nobody 'forced' them. They wanted the military's money to develop the
thing so they had to meet military requirements. They could have NOT
taken the military's money and elected to go back to Congress for more
funds so they could finish.


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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney