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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by EvanAnderson on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @12:31PM (#44300965)
> The Space Shuttle was wrong in so many ways, not least that it was a "pickup truck" as opposed to a dedicated manned vehicle (with appropriate safety features) or a dedicated cargo vehicle.

I wonder what the STS system would have been like if the DoD's cross-range requirement hadn't been imposed.

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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by PaulHoule on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @12:36PM (#44301019)
That too... And the whole boondoggle about launching from Vandenberg that never happened. That bit about it being "dual use" though helped in the "intimidate the Soviet Union" department.
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by EvanAnderson on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @12:48PM (#44301130)
I enjoy the theory that the Space Shuttle fulfilled its mission as an economic weapon w/ respect to Buran.
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by PaulHoule on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @01:19PM (#44301439)
Well it did, but if you look at health care or infrastructure you'll see that the U.S. can intimidate anybody except maybe the Chinese when it comes to spending money.
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