• Cold War Mystery: Why Did Jimmy Carter Save the Space Shuttl

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    The Space Shuttle program, an enduring symbol of American ingenuity, came peril

    This story first emerged during an interview with Chris Kraft, the former NASA [https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Space_Shuttle_Col.. NASA launched the first space shuttle, Columbia, on April 12, 1981, from the Ke

    NASA Administrator Robert Frosch took the crisis to Washington, presenting Pres

    Carter's support for the shuttle is striking given his prior skepticism about i [https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy_Carter_Vist.. Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and Amy Carter touring Kennedy Space Center on O

    While some NASA officials, including Shuttle Program Manager Robert Thompson, d

    In later reflections, Carter acknowledged his lack of enthusiasm for human spac

    [ANS thanks Eric Berger, Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/, for the above in


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