"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:48:00 -0700, "anorton"

I do not disagree with your assesment of the shuttle (although
hindsight is
usually more accurate than foresight),

The failure was in not foreseeing that the USSR would soon fall.

http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/imint/kh-12.htm
"Although the KH-12 was originally designed to be place into orbit
(and perhaps serviced and refueled in orbit) by the Shuttle,..."

What did you think drove the Shuttle's design requirements???

siv54