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Old October 31st 12, 01:07 PM posted to sci.space.shuttle
Jeff Findley[_2_]
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Default Space Shuttle Exhibit Collapses After Hurricane Sandy

In article ,
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On 12-10-30 11:20, Jeff Findley wrote:

Space Shuttle Exhibit Collapses After Hurricane Sandy
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-867881?hpt=hp_bn1

At least the Intrepid didn't sink or float to the New York Library :-)

If it was just a tent like structure over it, it should be fairly easy
to put the tent up over it. And if there wasn't debris that was thrown
at it by the winds, it should be relatively undamaged.


Relatively is the problem. From the pictures I've seen, she's now
missing the very top of the vertical stabilizer. :-(

And it isn't as if this were a real shuttle, it is just the
Enterprise.


True. She's far more test article than shuttle.

Jeff
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