a variety of other customers in using the shuttle for their missions as well. To lower the development costs of the proposed designs, boosters were added, a throw-away fuel tank was adopted, and many other changes were made that greatly lowered the reusability and greatly added to the vehicle and operational costs.

Decision-making process

In 1969, United States Vice President Spiro Agnew chaired the National Aeronautics and Space Council,

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