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For as long as they've been there I'd imagine there's much more value in studying them than killing them.

I was a big fan of DIRECT back in the day, so let's see what I can remember. Though there are clearly people on here a lot more knowledgeable about this than me. IIRC, sidemount only really makes sense when you're flying the shuttle at the same time; on its own all the compromises (payload...

Didn't the filament-wound SRBs have an improved field joint design? Once those get rolled out it might solve the blow-through problem before they even realize how serious it is. Of course, that doesn't help you with foam strikes or Centaur-G.

They'd get bought before they'd go bankrupt. In fact, in 1996 Sun Microsystems was literally hours away from buying Apple until an Apple guy balked at the last minute. Not that it would help much; without NeXT and Steve none of the systemic issues with Apple are dealt with. NeXT might actually...

Woz decides to complete the floating point support for his Apple II BASIC.

Microsoft didn't really "save" Apple. IIRC Apple had around $2 billion in cash at the time; $150 million wouldn't make a big difference. What it did do was cause Apple to drop two lawsuits; the "look and feel" one regarding Windows (which they would probably not win) and another one regarding...