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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by dharmab on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:32AM (#30072891)
According to a book cited on the Wikipedia page on the Buran program, the Soviets looked at the shuttle's payload capacity and concluded it could be used to deploy military weapons into orbit.
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by jandrese on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:48PM (#30075132)
Any orbital rocket can deploy weapons into orbit. The Shuttle was unique in that it could theoretically capture a satellite and return to Earth with it.
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