Re: Griffin admits shuttle and ISS a mistake


Monte Davis wrote:
> "Andrew Lotosky" <skylon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Bringing the Russians in resulted
> >in this problem, and I don't see what was gained out of it accept the
> >support of the Clinton White House.
>
> If you think an all-American space station would have been built at
> all without the Clinton maneuvers and internationalization, you
> weren't paying attention in the early 1990s.

I know that was the only way a space station would have been built, but
it was all because of politics that have adversly impacted the station
project.

-A.L.

.

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