As concepts, no.
Larry's post accurately decribes what happens when the government gets a hold of a good concept.
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- Were the shuttle and ISS mistakes?
- The use of Thiokol's solid rocket boosters for the shuttle was a terrible and costly mistake
- Only if we didn’t learn from them.
- No they weren't mistakes.
- Yes - Mistakes that destroyed NASA
- NOPE.......
- Absolutely postively YES
- As concepts, no.
- Both are vehicles in search of a mission
- No
- re: Were the shuttle and ISS mistakes?
- re: After 1986