DocM Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 NASA has announced the museums where retired Space Shuttles will be displayed - Enterprise: USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NYC Atlantis: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Endeavour: California Science Center, Los Angeles Discovery: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock86 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Awesomesauce. I'm smack dab in the middle of DC and New York. Would be a great day trip to see Discovery and Enterprise! I'm am now patiently waiting for the day a "Galactica" flys in space (again :shiftyninja: )! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I am glad the intrepid got one. everybody has been wondering why the intrepid. Westhampton national gaurd has been one of the oncall recovery teams. Also grumman on long island helped build the lunar lander (my grandfathe worked on it). Nasa has offices in NYC and has their radiation lab on long island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Here in Houston, just about everyone is disappointed that Johnson Space Center / Mission Control did not get one. I know I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Here in Houston, just about everyone is disappointed that Johnson Space Center / Mission Control did not get one. I know I am. I think they chose cities that see more tourists. It all boils down to $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionVoltss Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Maybe my one regret is not seeing a launch. Ohhh goto nasa.gov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I think they chose cities that see more tourists. It all boils down to $ That isn't the issue at all. Johnson Space Center was on track to get *Columbia*; unfortunately, we all know what happened to that particular shuttle. Discovery will *not* be at the main NASM - but at Uthar-Hazy next to Washington Dulles International Airport (way too large to bring into DC proper). Uthar-Hazy has the *larger* exhibits that NASM main can't hold (an SR-71A is there as well; the one that actually set several records en route to the "rocking chair"), which makes it worth visiting in and of itself. The sticking point is that Dulles is WAY off the beaten path (and likely will be until the new Orange Extension from West Falls Church to Dulles and U-H gets completed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Chicago museum of science and industry, anyone? flyover country gets ignored once more. good to hear that these ladies will be treated well in retirement, for all their shortcomings they've achieved much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Uthar-Hazy has the *larger* exhibits that NASM main can't hold (an SR-71A is there as well; the one that actually set several records en route to the "rocking chair"), which makes it worth visiting in and of itself. Isn't that the one that was used in Transformers 2? Would also have been nice if the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola could have gotten one but hey, there are only a few to go around, and there was already one in Florida. NYC and DC are so close to each other though (relatively speaking) that that they really shouldn't have given one to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted April 13, 2011 Member Share Posted April 13, 2011 Nice. It would be cool to go see one in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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