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gandalfian on June 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Avro Arrow – The record-breaking jet which still h...

What on earth compelled them to order that?

To stop someone trying to reverse the decision and restart the program? Guns or butter, it may have not been the worse choice.

andromeduck on June 16, 2020 [–]

Yup, same reason why all the plans and tooling was torched for the Saturn V.

Sanzig on June 16, 2020 | [–]

The Saturn V plans were not lost. NASA still has them at Marshall.

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/20302/were-the-sat...

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