The Bush/Quayle ticket won the November election with a 53-46 percent margin by sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes.
After a briefing by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham, (USA Ret.), Max Hunter, and Jerry Pournelle, Quayle sponsored the development of an experimental Single Stage to Orbit X-Program, which resulted in the building of the DC/X which was flown and tested at White Sands.