Those gentleman in turn cut the purse strings after Boeings original design ideas ran into unforeseen difficulties. Actually the Barnes Wallis swing wing idea was brilliant but unfortunately the strength and size of structural support and bearing diameter required meant it wasn't practical.
Nevertheless I still hold that then as now it was the ignorant bleatings of vox populi and the consequent publicity that finally did for the American SST fuel costs be damned. That argument didnt apply at the design and potential prototype stage.
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