COLNEEDHAM: No, I think, from my perspective, most of the things that I wanted to get into the plan, and most of the adjustments that I wanted to make in their plan, were either approved by the commander according to the plan or were adjusted based on the commander's decision.
COLNEEDHAM: The main reason was the majority of the OCONUS aircraft came from the 7th Infantry Division, and we just felt that that was--it could have gone either way, but the 7th Infantry Division was a major player; he had the proponents of the OCONUS aviation...
COLNEEDHAM: Yeah, I mean, we still had a plan in [the] case that he could get out with a large force, get out to the 'redoubt' as they called it, which we thought might be happening out in the area near David, but it never materialized.
Col Vietnam che minava il bilancio federale e la volontà nazionale, Nixon rifiutò tutte e tre le opzioni e scelse solo lo shuttle.
Entro mezzo secolo le proibizioni si fecero sempre più strette, fino a impedire la costruzione di imbarcazioni con più di due alberi.
Stando allo storico Joseph Needham, "la grande flotta di navi inghiottiva fondi che, secondo la visione dei burocrati, sarebbero stati spesi molto meglio nei progetti agricoli per la conservazione dell'acqua, o per la costruzione di granai".
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