Answered my own question. Yes[1]. You're talking about the how of the space shuttle construction but not the why. It was indeed intended for at least some mil

Answered my own question. Yes[1]. You're talking about the how of the space shuttle construction but not the why. It was indeed intended for at least some military use, and it was originally intended to be capable of polar orbits and would've launched from Vandenberg. Of course there was major government pork and horse trading to southern states but this was a side effect of the project, not the primary driver. [1] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1398/did-the-space-shuttle-have-military-uses https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1398/did-the-space...