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...Wiesner. Then, in the case of the SST, I wanted the United States to join the British-French consortium and build the Mach 2 aircraft. There were many reasons why, in my office, we didn't believe a Mach 3 SST made sense, but it ultimately went that route because the vice-president wanted...
...Wiesner. So there were many issues of this kind that we disagreed...
...Wiesner. Because we were. We didn't really believe that the large manned space program made any sense scientifically and we kept saying so. In the end, we were willing to accept the President's judgment that it was necessary politically, but we fought against it being started, on technical grounds...
...Wiesner. But of course, you were talking in support of the Administration...
...Wiesner. It was regarded as gauche...