On Apr 21, 3:44*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:
On Apr 20, 12:27*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:
On Apr 19, 7:55*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:
On Apr 19, 11:06*am, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article 9c415da2-6e95-4a9c-8373-186f9d8cded5
@t5g2000vbm.googlegroups.com, says...

Tourism is a important industry, and while fake shuttles or fake
anything can be built the real thing is always better...

Not when "the real thing" would cost too much to recover, restore, or
maintain. *That's reality. *You're living in a fantasy world..

Here is current real world example that is not a spacecraft and would
seem to be easier to recover and restore than Snoopy:

The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier, and is therefore historically significant in that
rearguard. *The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was officially inactivated
December 1, 2012. *Enterprise will eventually be decommissioned and will
then be *scrapped* once its nuclear reactors have been removed. *I'm
sure there are many people who feel this is a tragedy and would like to
see her converted into a museum.

But that is simply *not* practical given the requirement to remove the
nuclear reactors from her. *By the time enough of the ship has been
removed in order to take out the reactors, there just isn't going to be
much left.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ent...ecommissioning

http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/

From the above site, click on "Public Relations" (lower left side of
page) and then "Frequently Asked Questions" (near the top of the page).

In the case of enterprise the nuke fuel must be removed, and the ship
cut apart to remove the reactor and at least 2 sections one on either
side of the *reactor part because they will be a hazard and help as
shielding to the reactor part.

This would leave little to display

But snoopy is there for the taking. People laughed at me about saturn
engine recovery.Today they are on solid ground and being prepped for
display

Snoopy is *NOT* "there for the taking". *First you have to find it.