Dave T-W

@llamacoffee @doomi Went straight there for the engine-out and the super flip explanation.

@threelonmusketeers @friek Not a void, just a very small room in comparison where people don’t shout as much. +1 for appreciation of the content.

@troyunrau @llamacoffee It was cool, but that was it’s downfall. Apollo took every bit of technical resource, which might have otherwise gone into a more natural growth of activity in space. (Which is what we’re seeing now).
So when someone showed a cool space plane, regardless of the costs, practicality and viability, that pattern of political expediency was already set.