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For me there was the immediate realization that things had just changed. Now I realize that many of us had been duped by the hype and we had expected far too much. For me, this probably had a little, or even a lot do with Reagan. The shuttle was all a part of the revival of America after Vietnam, Nixon, the Iran hostages, the double-digit inflation and the gas shortages of the 70's, etc. It launched right about the time that many Americans began to feel good and hopeful about their country under the father figure of Reagan. So I think that in many ways the Shuttle was symbol for all of this.