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To: Darksheare

Dyna-Soar should never have been abandoned in the first place. Neither should the X-15.


5 posted on 05/25/2017 7:30:55 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: NorthMountain

Dyna-Soar should never have been abandoned in the first place. Neither should the X-15.

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Blame the Soviets. Those programs were dropped to pay for the space race.


7 posted on 05/25/2017 8:06:15 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: NorthMountain

True.
But Dyna-Soar was envisioned with military applications, and we’d agreed not to “militarise space” during the same time frame, so it “had” to go.
:-(


8 posted on 05/25/2017 8:08:51 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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