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Re:Just another Apollo? Part two (2005) by dreamcompiler on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:22AM (#31749080)
The shuttle was originally intended to be launchable into polar orbit from Vandenberg AFB, but it never happened [0]. I rather doubt anybody ever seriously contemplated a transition to polar orbit from a Florida launch; the shuttle couldn't carry enough fuel for that. (One cannot launch a rocket into polar orbit directly from Florida for safety reasons. That's what Vandenberg is good for; there's no inhabited land south of it.)

[0] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27506/vandenberg-afbs-...

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