[wally_bert]

Brilliant guy who loved big guns.

Played with the wrong guy one time and it cost him his life.

[marktwain]

Played with the wrong guy one time and it cost him his life.

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IMHO, he was scr*wed by the U.S. intellegence agencies. NASA did not want the competition from gun-orbit systems vs. rockets.

He was brilliant. The elite establishment was foolish not to use that brilliance to the full.

Nice to see my old outfit, Yuma Proving Ground, being in the thick of this.

Lots of advantages to artillery vs. air power.