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To: BenLurkin

Shoulda been on Mars by the late 70s or early 80s. Instead, NASA dicked off.


12 posted on 06/20/2018 1:02:54 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: WKUHilltopper

Shoulda been on Mars by the late 70s or early 80s. Instead, NASA dicked off.

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Nixon cut the funding. From what I’ve read he didn’t like the space program. But in the end I think any president would have had to cut the funding.


28 posted on 06/20/2018 2:29:36 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

mars by 1965, saturn by 1970

Motto of Project Orion, killed due to lack of political will, 1964


36 posted on 06/20/2018 3:24:57 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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