16 Names NASA Considered For The 1980s Space Station That Never Was
During his 1984 State of the Union speech, President Reagan announced that the U.S. would build a new permanently manned space station within a decade. The Space Shuttle program was underway, and a permanent space station seemed like the next logical step in our bold push into the final frontier. It didn't hurt that the Russians were already working on Mir, and America didn't want to look like it was resting on its laurels.
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