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Old 04-18-2011, 10:59 AM   #21
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They are taking the mock shuttle cabin from the houston space exhibit, and giving 'us' 2 seats from the shuttle

Trip if the cape is #1 for the space program, which city is#2?
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:01 AM   #22
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The Smithsonian has a mock shuttle now. NY can have that. They can hang it from the Rockefeller tree next year.


F NY. They think they own everything.
NY is getting the one that's at the Smithsonian now (the Enterprise, if I remember right).

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Houston should have theirs already... some assembly required
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The Smithsonian has a mock shuttle now. NY can have that. They can hang it from the Rockefeller tree next year.


F NY. They think they own everything.
Exactly
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Houston should have theirs already... some assembly required


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The Smithsonian has a mock shuttle now.
I thought the Smithsonian currently has Enterprise which was a test model (glider) that was never actually outfitted for orbital work? And that's the one that is slated to move to Intrepid...


Edit: Damn, Anthony's post above beat me to it


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which city is#2?
Houston is clearly a big number two...

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Maybe some small town that could use it to make some tourist money that has importance to the shuttle program.
Sounds like Houston.
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They are taking the mock shuttle cabin from the houston space exhibit, and giving 'us' 2 seats from the shuttle

Trip if the cape is #1 for the space program, which city is#2?
For the shuttle program there are a lot of #2's. Honestly with Stennis and Michaud right near it and it actually being a decent tourist destination, New Orleans should get it before Houston.
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Sounds like Houston.
No, Houston is a big shitty city that was only good for shipping the losers out of the NOLA after Katrina. That's what they deserve, more undesirables from our other cities, not space shuttles.
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Cuz ny is less chity lol
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:12 AM   #29
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I thought the Smithsonian currently has Enterprise which was a test model (glider) that was never actually outfitted for orbital work? And that's the one that is slated to move to Intrepid...


Edit: Damn, Anthony's post above beat me to it




Houston is clearly a big number two...

Yeah, enterprise flew in atmosphere. Nothing mock about it. Fun fact: in the late eighties when my old man found out it was at dulles he packed us all in the car and drove down to try and see it. Found the airport manager's office and played on his status as an army officer to get us a private viewing of the thing. It was parked off in some forgotten corner of the airport next to a few other decaying hulks and wouldn't you know it? My toddling ass ran up and kicked it.

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They've got one in Huntsville, AL fer Christsake. Send it to a big city, that doesn't have ties to the industry, to try and create some excitement about space exploration again.
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