Earthbogged. (annual meeting of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics discusses fate of future space programs)

From: National Review | Date: June 10, 1988| Author: Buckley, William. F. Jr. | Copyright information

EARTHBOGGED

AT THE annual meeting of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Washington last week you felt the mix of pride and despair. The exhibit rooms were crowded with sketches of the future in space, a space dominated by American instruments. But there was the sense of the window-shopper. Most of what the visitor saw was not yet built, or even scheduled. Meanwhile, the Russians are plodding along, contriving and executing feats of space wizardry...

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