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SHUTTLE HISTORY 1952 FULLY REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE CONCEPT DISCUSSED 1962 FULLY REUSABLE VEHICLE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED AIR FORCE STUDIED PROJECT DYNASOAR. WHICH WAS CANCELLED IN1969 1969 NASA ADOPTED THE IDEA OF A FULLY REUSABLE SPACE SHIP

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AARON COHEN Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University Professor Aaron Cohen received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1952 and an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Stevens

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