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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2011, 05:27:52 PM »
There are some artist concept drawings for the various museums vying for a shuttle posted at collectSPACE.

I personally like the one for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex most.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2011, 10:18:51 AM »
What the hell?  The announcement is in one hour and the NYC Intrepid Museum is already saying that Enterprise is theirs.

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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2011, 10:39:36 AM »
WSJ is leaking the story that KSC gets Atlantis and Houston gets Endeavour.  That is B.S. that all the shuttles are on the east coast.

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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2011, 11:59:30 AM »
I guess it makes sense that KSC and JSC get a Shuttle since they were so directly involved in their flights, and I do think one of them should go to the NASM. That only leaves Enterprise as the wildcard. I do agree with you, SM, the west coast is being neglected in this situation.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2011, 12:13:42 PM »
Wow, looks like Endeavor is going to Los Angeles.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2011, 12:42:46 PM »
I did not know L.A. was in the running.  At least one will go to west coast.  I still disagree with NYC.  I think they picked NYC and LA since they are the largest cities in the U.S.

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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2011, 01:21:05 PM »
That's what I've been hearing... NY and LA were chosen to give the largest number of people the opportunity to view the Shuttles. It makes sense, I guess.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2011, 01:30:24 PM »
This is from the NASA.gov website, here are the consolation prizes:
NASA also announced that hundreds of shuttle artifacts have been allocated to museums and education institutions.

    * Various shuttle simulators for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum of McMinnville, Ore., and Texas A&M's Aerospace Engineering Department
    * Full fuselage trainer for the Museum of Flight in Seattle
    * Nose cap assembly and crew compartment trainer for the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio
    * Flight deck pilot and commander seats for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
    * Orbital maneuvering system engines for the U.S. Space and Rocket Center of Huntsville, Ala., National Air and Space Museum in Washington, and Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2011, 08:56:46 PM »
Personally- if one must go to KSC I'd have preferred Endeavor- for strictly selfish reasons since Endeavor/STS-69 was the only Shuttle mission I had anything to do with.  :lol:

Practically- I think it would have been nice to send a second orbiter to a west coast spot (preferably closer to you, SM  :wink:).... in that, there already is a Shuttle mockup at the KSC Visitor Center- rather well-displayed with an ET/SRB stack.
What I don't get- the Delaware North park management corporation that operates the KSC VC is always 'crying poor'-- they're often severely understaffed, resulting in long wait lines at everything from getting in to begin with, getting on tour buses, even trying to check out of the gift shop with a purchase.  Yet- they say they'll spend $100 mil for a new Shuttle display.  :omg:
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2011, 09:27:01 PM »
I bet they are expecting tourism at the KSC to really drop off after the Shuttles stop launching. Having one of the Shuttles on display will hopefully keep people visiting.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #25 on: April 13, 2011, 10:30:43 AM »
Spacecat brought up a good point, I too was wondering about the full scale shuttle mockup at the KSC VC. 

The thing that surprised me most second was that Dayton did not get a shuttle.  I thought that the USAF Museum was a sure bet.  I think they have the second most impressive space collection compared to NASM and they have a very high attendance.

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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2011, 09:59:28 PM »
Jim Gerard had updated the Orbiter section of his Field Guide to American Spacecraft to reflect the new announcements. 
There are a lot more trainers, models & mockups around than I remember...
http://www.americanspacecraft.com/

As for KSC- once they get and build a new display for Atlantis, I'd guess the "Explorer" model there now will be up for grabs for other locations.  Just up the road is another model- just a shell- the "Shuttle To Tomorrow" at the Astronaut Hall of Fame.  I understand it's in pretty poor condition, but that will be going away too- either scrapped or elsewhere when the Hall of Fame shuts down and gets combined with the KSC VC.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2011, 11:08:28 AM »
Looks like NYC does not have the facilities to house Enterprise: http://nasawatch.com/archives/2011/11/new-yorks-decep.html
I think NYC should be disqualified and the shuttle sent to Seattle for a more deserving home.  Or for Bob's sake, in Dayton Ohio.

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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2011, 03:04:41 PM »
Dayton is politicking is for it.  We'll see what happens.
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Re: Which museum will get a shuttle?
« Reply #29 on: November 23, 2011, 11:43:01 AM »
Just read on NASAWatch that NASA signed over Enterprise to the Intrepid Museum.
So I guess NASM will have both shuttles until the New York facility is built.

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