Nixon later agreed to an ambiguous plan of landing a man on Mars by 2000 (which was so far away that it was meaningless) and announced in 1972 that the space shuttle would be part of the future nasa budget

however funding for the other projects was scrapped entirely

Paine was stubborn and refused to back down from Nixon and demanded that all 3 parts of the IPP be implemented after getting support from the STG committee (he wanted a space station, moon base, AND mars mission) and Nixon’s refusal led to his resignation in 1970 on the anniversary of the STG report

Administrator Paine had expected NASA to be “rewarded” for winning the race to the moon but grossly underestimated the political capital NASA had and all of this would be eventually cut from the budget (except the prototype Skylab station and the shuttle)

good evening here’s old NASA concept art from the Integrated Program Plan (the proposed successor to the Apollo Applications program that was backed by then-administrator Paine and Agnew)

for y’all to tastefully experience some hella cool vibes

gm folks this is your reminder that we are now one day closer to a interplanetary human civilization

this is where i post from when you speak to me i am mentally sitting on that chair

(also facedoxx)

good morning this is your reminder that all that’s needed to make an ak-47 is a shovel and some imagination

for the low low price of $4,345.65 you too can end up on a FBI watchlist

wake up babe new arb opportunity just dropped