Just curious. Why did the US invested in the development of the shuttle? For that matter, 4 shuttles? What did they bring? In fact, it seemed during the 80s, a lot of attention have devoted to the shuttle development and other space programs were scaled back. Shouldn't they have continued their moon missions, or send ship to other planets? Why did they devote their time only to the shuttle?
In fact, the irony is that, the shuttle is now on the verge of retirement!
2007-12-05
22:31:09
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