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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (85967)8/21/2000 11:48:02 PM
From: Michael M  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
What a load. The programs you note hardly fit the definition you assign them.

The missile programs were the bedrock of our strategic defense (whether you agree with the strategy is irrelevant).

Apollo was a NASA show. In spite of many defense dollars and much support, NASA told the military to take a back seat - to the extent it would not hear of a military officer taking the first step on the moon. Instead, Armstrong, the Jimmy Carter of Astronauts, got the nod.

Nike? Beyond my envelope of understanding. Was it a technological sire of Patriot and follow-ons? I don't know.
Was it a boondoggle? I don't know.

TFX. The bean counter who became SecDef had a wet dream. Like all such, not that great in light of day.

I spent the last half of the 70s in LA. Aside from a blip when Jimmy C axed the B-1 and some wobbles at Northrup, good engineers were not flipping burgers.

M
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