NASA Announces New Homes For Shuttle Orbiters After Retirement

On 4/13/2011 12:48 PM, David Spain wrote:
Comrade! All that needs be done is take some old Burans, add some fake
SSME rocket nozzles to the tail end, and give them a new paint job.


That comes next year whilst the media is distracted by the elections...

CONGRESS APPROVES PLAN TO OUTSOURCE REPLICA CONSTRUCTION

Speaking of replica things, ever seen this?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-.../2621144/posts

Pat

Jorge R. Frank wrote:
ULA has nothing to do with the shuttle and is not facing layoffs due to
the end of the shuttle program. Lockheed Martin mainly builds the
external tanks. I think you confused them with USA (which operates the
shuttle program) and Boeing (which bought the Rockwell division that
built the orbiters, and still does sustaining engineering as a sub to USA).

Ouch, you got me there! my bad.... I gotta remember not to post late in the
day... But then again you gotta take anything coming from (Not the AP) with a
grain of salt...

;-)

Dave

Pat Flannery wrote:

Speaking of replica things, ever seen this?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-.../2621144/posts


Not till now. Nice paint job on that one.

Speaking of replicas, did I ever show you this one?
Not a big deal, until you realize, I took this one myself, with
my own 35mm camera with only a 50mm lens, in... 1989...

http://tinyurl.com/3dguw9b

Oh yeah I was that close...

:-)

Ellsworth AFB used to get interesting 'junk' from those who did
that Honda advertisement....

Dave

On Apr 17, 2:34*pm, David Spain wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

Speaking of replica things, ever seen this?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-.../2621144/posts

Not till now. Nice paint job on that one.

Speaking of replicas, did I ever show you this one?
Not a big deal, until you realize, I took this one myself, with
my own 35mm camera with only a 50mm lens, in... 1989...

http://tinyurl.com/3dguw9b

Oh yeah I was that close...

:-)

Ellsworth AFB used to get interesting 'junk' from those who did
that Honda advertisement....

Dave

shuttle has been pricey over programs life about 1.5 billion per
flight.

wonder whats apollos would be in current dollars?

http://www.spacenews.com/commentarie...e-program.html

David Spain wrote:
Ellsworth AFB used to get interesting 'junk' from those who did
that Honda advertisement....


Here's the 1988 ad:

If you think it was for something exotic like the Acura NSX, think again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M40uSxC6_1k


Dave

David Spain wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

Speaking of replica things, ever seen this?:

Dick Cheney at a previously undisclosed location?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...pit-1-515h.jpg

:-D

Dave