“Lunch was with 5 top space scientists. It was fascinating. Space truly is the last frontier and some of the developments there in astronomy etc. are like science fiction except they are real. I learned that our shuttle capacity is such we could orbit 300 people.”
As far as the General public knew in 1985. We had 3 operational Space Shuttles. With a 4th due to have it’s maiden flight in October of that year. The stated maximum potential crew complement was 8. Which is 32.
Even if they converted the Mock-up test bed into a fully operational unit. That’s still at best 40 potential people in orbit. So where are the extra 260 coming from? It’s possible it was a reference to in a pinch they could throw together enough shuttles to put 300 people into orbit. But Reagan seems to be writing in the present tense like they could do so at any moment.
And there’s been several alleged whistleblowers from Defense Contractors. Stating they were working on the plans for just about every Sci-Fi vehicle and equipment concept you could imagine. Military Equipment. Mining Rigs. Colonial Habitats. Warships, Deep Space Freighters. Research Stations. Military Bases etc. Starting as early as the 1950s.
There’s also the story of the hacker Gary McKinnon. Who claimed to have found evidence that the U.S Navy had files labeled off world assignments. Containing the names of ships not in official public registry.
Reagan Diary entry. Dated June 11, 1985
As far as the General public knew in 1985. We had 3 operational Space Shuttles. With a 4th due to have it’s maiden flight in October of that year. The stated maximum potential crew complement was 8. Which is 32.
Even if they converted the Mock-up test bed into a fully operational unit. That’s still at best 40 potential people in orbit. So where are the extra 260 coming from? It’s possible it was a reference to in a pinch they could throw together enough shuttles to put 300 people into orbit. But Reagan seems to be writing in the present tense like they could do so at any moment.
And there’s been several alleged whistleblowers from Defense Contractors. Stating they were working on the plans for just about every Sci-Fi vehicle and equipment concept you could imagine. Military Equipment. Mining Rigs. Colonial Habitats. Warships, Deep Space Freighters. Research Stations. Military Bases etc. Starting as early as the 1950s.
There’s also the story of the hacker Gary McKinnon. Who claimed to have found evidence that the U.S Navy had files labeled off world assignments. Containing the names of ships not in official public registry.
Wow... amazing find pleb! 👏