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		blisterpeanuts on Feb 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle ... True. But, really, in the end, money. The Air Force could have contracted its own shuttle that was optimized for its needs, given enough budget.

twoodfin on Feb 26, 2014 [–]

In a sense, they did:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

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