Military Possibilities of the Space Shuttle (1981)

This video clip from the news program The MacNeil/Lehrer Report covers the space flight of Columbia, the first space shuttle NASA launched into space. In the clip, former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown discusses and evaluates military possibilities of the space shuttle, with respect to the Soviet Union in particular.

Military Possibilities of the Space Shuttle | NewsHour Productions | April 13, 1981 This clip and associated transcript appear from 00:56 - 10:17 in the full record.

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