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beavith16 months, 2 weeks ago
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actually it was Nixon that gave up on the space program and promoted a less useful shuttle.
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it was sold on the idea that cost/lb to orbit would be cut by an order of magnitude.
it didn't quite work that way... bureaucracy, like a gas, tends to fill the volume allowed.-
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BB646 months, 2 weeks ago
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Nixon did kill the Saturn program but the shuttle got the biggest boost from Carter. He liked the idea of reusing a space craft and it fit into his whole presidency. Cut back, reduce, reuse. It didn't work on our economy and it really didn't work for the shuttle program. He never took into account the actual costs associated nor the dangers as the fleet aged. It's been one of the most costly least productive space projects we've ever done. I know there are a lot of good people who put their lives into the program but had we used simpler large boosters, the space station would already be in place along with Hubble's replacement.
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