NO SHUTTLE FOR YOU! I knew we probably didn't stand a chance in getting one but it sure would have been cool. At least it's all been settled. NASA Chooses Space Shuttles’ Retirement Homes NASA’s space shuttles, which have been carrying astronauts aloft for 30 years, were assigned to their final destinations on Tuesday: one will head to the nation’s capitol, another to Los Angeles, and the third from its current home at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the center’s visitor complex down the road. The Discovery is headed to the Smithsonian, for display at the spacious Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport. The Enterprise, which was used for early glide tests but was never sent into orbit, will now go the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan. The space shuttle Atlantis will go to the Kennedy visitor complex. At a ceremony at Kennedy commemorating the shuttle program, Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., the NASA administrator, made the long-awaited announcement of where the soon-to-be museum pieces would end up. The Discovery, which completed its final flight last month, is headed to the Smithsonian, for display at the spacious Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport. The Endeavour, currently on the launching pad for its final space trip, will go to the California Science Center. The Atlantis, scheduled for its last mission in June, will go to the Kennedy visitor complex. With the Discovery headed to the Smithsonian, the museum will no longer have need for the Enterprise, the shuttle that has been on display there since 2004. The Enterprise, which was used for early glide tests but was never sent into orbit, will now go the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/science/space/13shuttle.html
That's bull**** that Atlantis didn't get sent to the USAF Museum in Ohio, after all the AF related missions that bugger did in the 80's and 90's.
I might have heard wrong, but it sounds like all three of the non-Smithsonian museum recipients are actually Smithsonian divisions... so really, they just gave all four to the Smithsonian.
Makes sense to send one to LA and one to NY ****in' City and not have one on display at NASA Mission Control? WTF??? Really???? I think Houston has a problem with this.
Cool....now what are we going to do about the space program? Are we just giving up on man space flight? Are they introducing a new orbital vehicle? We damn sure don't need to stop our Manned Space Program!
I believe obamo said that NASA's next step is to reach out to muslims. So that means.....I don't know. Maybe TelePrompTer loaded the wrong speech.
Well, that is the American way now I guess.... "We can't do it!" Thanks Obama for scrapping what we are good at! At least we are trying to be friendly to Obama's religious brothers and sisters!
It is a travesty that Houston didn't get one of the ones that flew in space. They should have let California have Enterprise, and sent Endeavor to Houston. Let the New Yorkers drive to D.C. to see Discovery.
Houston will be too busy making new Muslim friends to worry about running a tourist trap. You can't undo 1,300 years of ill-will with a fruit basket.
It's difficult to believe that NASA is to promote a Muslim Program but not hard to believe that we intend to make any Space programs or push to explore Space a Multi-National Program instead of a burden on American Taxpayers. It's hard to swallow when so much of our Military and scientific advancement have come from NASA and the Space program. It's just not in our minds that that's the best way to go. However....with the way Republicans are complaining about our budget....we have little choice but to slash NASA's Throat in stead of our Military. The Military is on the Tea Party's chopping block.....the Dems and Pubes aren't ready to hack away at our military with all of the unrest in the Middle East. This really sucks as I'm one of those kids that felt America's greatness came from our success in Space. Seeing us make it a 2nd thought....I feel it's a mistake somehow.
Well, I figured Tulsa was a long-shot. Now at least we don't have to hear another voice begging for $$ over in Tulsa County. Too bad Houston didn't get it. To heck w/ NYC.
