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On 2004-05-24, MasterShrink wrote:
Assuming all three orbiters survive until 2010 one will certainly be bound for the Smithsonian, and probably be displayed at the exhibit at Dulles. Dulles already has Enterprise. Enterprise ain't an orbiter that's been in space. Freedom 7 was also first delivered the the Smithsonian after its flight, but now the primary Mercury display is Friendship 7. The institution also has two flwon Gemini spacecraft (Gemini 4 and 7) and two flown Apollo CSM's (Apollo 11 and Skylab 4) and an unflown CSM boilerplate for the ASTP display. They could well end up with two orbiters I guess, one a test article and the other a space-worthy one. It'd seem more likely that they get one of the flown orbiters to replace Enterprise, and then they get shared out - one for each site. (That's assuming they don't just keep Enterprise, but it'd seem vaguely Right to have one of the flown articles in the Smithsonian, no?) -- -Andrew Gray |
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Andrew Gray wrote:
On 2004-05-22, bob haller wrote: I was thinking upright on one of the pads, with the entire pad enclosed in glass somehow. For the pad rats how practical would that be? Having elevators shuttle visitors upstairs to take a look inside. IANA padrat. OTOH, I've heard of hurricanes. Me, neither, but I'd play one on TV if asked... Spot the potential, um, interesting problem for a third-year civil engineering class, if nothing else... Aren't we also approaching the point where keeping the VAB from crumbling in normal weather is going to cost as much as building a new building? *It* is hurricane-resistant now, but don't take your hard hats off.... /dps |
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On or about Wed, 26 May 2004 22:21:29 GMT, Eric Pederson made the sensational claim that:
DFRC could still get one since MSFC/US_Space_Center already has Pathfinder. Oh puh-leeze. Seriously, what is clearly needed is a second production run! :-) -- This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | Just because something It's properly formatted | who you mean to reply-to | is possible, doesn't No person, none, care | and it will reach me | mean it can happen |
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