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The article you link to suggests it was cancelled because satellites were better able to fulfil its mission.
by goatinaboat 7y ago
The article you link to suggests it was cancelled because satellites were better able to fulfil its mission.
- m0zg 7y agoThat's a solid excuse as excuses go, but remember that this was in the 60s, and spy satellites had to send down landing capsules with _film_ back then, and, therefore, had very limited usable life. They were also extremely expensive, difficult to control, and the USSR wasn't really known for its brilliance in optical tech.