Space Shuttle Exhibit Collapses After Hurricane Sandy

Space Shuttle Exhibit Collapses After Hurricane Sandy
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Seeing Enterprise exposed to the elements like this makes me more than a
bit mad. I wonder what damage was done when its enclosure collapsed
around and on top of it. :-(

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:20:11 -0400, Jeff Findley
wrote:


Seeing Enterprise exposed to the elements like this makes me more than a
bit mad. I wonder what damage was done when its enclosure collapsed
around and on top of it. :-(

She has sat out in the elements before, including several months at
KSC in the subtropical coastal rain and humidity.

Brian

On Oct 30, 6:22*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:20:11 -0400, Jeff Findley

wrote:
Seeing Enterprise exposed to the elements like this makes me more than a
bit mad. *I wonder what damage was done when its enclosure collapsed
around and on top of it. *:-(

She has sat out in the elements before, including several months at
KSC in the subtropical coastal rain and humidity.

Brian

It sat outside at Dulles for years including a few winters.

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On Oct 30, 6:22*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:20:11 -0400, Jeff Findley

wrote:
Seeing Enterprise exposed to the elements like this makes me more than a
bit mad. *I wonder what damage was done when its enclosure collapsed
around and on top of it. *:-(

She has sat out in the elements before, including several months at
KSC in the subtropical coastal rain and humidity.

It sat outside at Dulles for years including a few winters.

True.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer