On Mar 11, 8:59*pm, wrote:
On Mar 11, 3:18 pm, "
wrote:

All of that from Nixon, with the only mention of "military" being by
implication, that NASA should "note" military uses.

And your point is? * The rest of the document explains how USAF
requirements influenced the shuttle design in the 70's

"The rest of the document?" LOL

Any influence then from the USAF was of the variety that doomed MOL.
If the USAF had both forcefully and **competently** influenced shuttle
design for military purposes, some sort of shuttle would have flown
out of Vandenberg.

The shuttle flew military missions out of KSC only, and solely during
the Reagan/Bush years -- in violation of NASA's charter. NASA needed
civilian AOA capability too, and civilian capability for large
payloads. There was nothing uniquely military about the shuttle design
that evolved during the 1970s. NASA was operated openly then, for the
peaceful use of space.

If the USAF had **competently** designed a shuttle in the 1970s for
military purposes, it would be flying military missions today. Instead
we got a typical DOD pork barrel for our bucks. Reagan/Bush/Bush
turned defense into aggression. They have made the term DOD a mockery.

JTM