WHEN THE SHUTTLE RETURNS . . .
Michael Schriber's characterization of the space shuttle as a pickup truck reminds me of a 1970s joke about the Jaguar XKE: Buy two (AW&ST Sept. 27, p. 9). As an engineering student in the '70s, I was awed by the shuttle's engineering accomplishments. But history has shown the shuttle to be an XKE...
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