As the last space shuttle mission approaches, one of the fathers of the world’s first reusable spacecraft discussed how the shuttle program began in the 1950’s as part of a dream to explore beyond the moon that faded after budget cuts and disaster.
On Apr. 21, Dr. Hans Mark, former Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Administrator of NASA, told about 200 people gathered in the auditorium of Air Force Space Command Headquarters that the shuttle was originally conceived as part of a larger program of exploration, first articulated in 1952.
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