SHUTTLE WAS BIG MISTAKE

I made a presentation on structural optimization for the space shuttle at the Marshall Space Flight Center on July 2, 1970. Not mentioned in my old trip report was that I spoke to management before leaving. I asked a high-level NASA manager not to build the shuttle. I told him: "Wings in space are...

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