[dirtyhippiefree]

Vision is only 20/20 in hindsight.

[mannykannot]

In this case, hindsight merely justifies the foresight: at no point did satellite return-to-Earth provide any economic justification for the shuttle program, even in conjunction with other imagined benefits.

[dirtyhippiefree]

Agreed…just like the Fog of War…

Hindsight brings sharper clarity because fifty years of distance changes how FUD looks in retrospect…