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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3190 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TIH: July 9, 1962-In order to assert our dominance, the USA nukes space!

He was a civilian - a college kid, in fact. He could have quit at any time.

I suspect that was the idea.