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The space shuttle had government specified requirements (a single vehicle to do everything including capturing soviet satellites and ferrying people into orbit)
by ta1243 2y ago
The space shuttle had government specified requirements (a single vehicle to do everything including capturing soviet satellites and ferrying people into orbit)
- pfdietz 2y agoIt had to do everything because the business case for it (that it would have sufficient ROI) required it. Even then, the business case was basically fraudulent, and the reality was even worse than the critics like Mondale were saying.