On 2005-08-17, Derek Lyons wrote:
Parts are removed from the Shuttle all the time for maintenance -
AIUI, the pre-Challenger practice of cannibalization has been halted.
Anyone know where that photo was taken?
Part of a set taken for the first STS-114 rollout, showing Discovery
being brought into the VAB, stacked, and rolled out, so presumably in
one of the hangers adjacent to the VAB.
Last status update I could find - Jul 4 - said Endeavour was still in
her OMM period; is this still the case, and if so would this location
make sense? It'd certainly explain why she looks so dismantled...
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-Andrew Gray