In 1972, the US Air Force imagined offering its military missions a gateway to space from California. After seven years of work and $4 billion invested, the Vandenberg site was finally ready. But Challenger's explosion in 1986 changed everything, leading to the definitive abandonment of the dream of a military shuttle on the West Coast.
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In 1972, the US Air Force imagined offering its military missions a gateway to space from California. After seven years of work and $4 billion invested, the Vandenberg site was finally ready. But Challenger's explosion in 1986 changed everything, leading to the definitive abandonment of the dream of a military shuttle on the West Coast.