Two shuttles meet on the ground

Beautifully shot pictures but sad to see those parts carved out of
them.

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4


http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4

"David E. Powell" scribbled something like ...

Beautifully shot pictures but sad to see those parts carved out of
them.

You're not used to seeing these actresses without their makeup on, but
isn't removing the OMS and RCS somehing that happened during normal
servicing as well?



http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4


The nose-to-nose picture is at
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=55654, but the page
cited also has other pictures related to the bay swap.

/dps

On 8/12/2011 4:29 PM, Snidely wrote:
"David E. scribbled something like ...

Beautifully shot pictures but sad to see those parts carved out of
them.
You're not used to seeing these actresses without their makeup on, but
isn't removing the OMS and RCS somehing that happened during normal
servicing as well?



Anyone know what the plans are for the display of these shuttles? I.e.,
are these components to be cleaned up and reinstalled, replaced with
mock-ups, or what?

Bob M.

"Bob Myers" wrote in message
...
Anyone know what the plans are for the display of these shuttles? I.e., are
these components to be cleaned up and reinstalled, replaced with mock-ups, or
what?

I'm sure a search will yield articles etc. on the shuttle's safing and
preparation for display.

The short answer is yes, they are keeping certain parts, such as main engines,
that may have future use and installing non-flightworthy or mockup parts to make
the shuttles look whole. Also remember that most of the shuttles have one more
flight ahead of them...on the 747 transporter. For that, I would imagine that
they need to be complete, or at least have proper fairings.

Vaughn

"Bob Myers" wrote in message
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On 8/12/2011 4:29 PM, Snidely wrote:
"David E. scribbled something like ...

Beautifully shot pictures but sad to see those parts carved out of
them.
You're not used to seeing these actresses without their makeup on, but
isn't removing the OMS and RCS somehing that happened during normal
servicing as well?



Anyone know what the plans are for the display of these shuttles? I.e.,
are these components to be cleaned up and reinstalled, replaced with
mock-ups, or what?

Bob M.


I'd imaginge Huntsville Al will get one.
Maybe the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio.{best
airplane museum in world, a must see for any admirer of planes and it's
free}
I doubt they'd fit into the Smithsonian, Maybe the Silver Springs Annex.

"Ray O'Hara" wrote in message
...

I'd imaginge Huntsville Al will get one.
Maybe the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio.{best
airplane museum in world, a must see for any admirer of planes and it's free}
I doubt they'd fit into the Smithsonian, Maybe the Silver Springs Annex.

Have you been living under a rock?

1) Shuttle Enterprise, (the glider flight test airframe), will move from the
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in
Virginia to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.
2) The Udvar-Hazy Center will become the new home for shuttle Discovery, which
retired after completing its 39th mission in March.
3) Shuttle Endeavour, will go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
4) Shuttle Atlantis, will be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor's
Complex in Florida.

Vaughn

Ray O'Hara wrote:


I'd imaginge Huntsville Al will get one.
Maybe the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio.{best
airplane museum in world, a must see for any admirer of planes and it's
free}

You're a bit late to the party. NASA announced the destinations of the
shuttles several months back.

Atlantis goes to the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour to the California
Science Center in LA and and Discovery to the Smithsonian. And as a
consolation prize, the Intrepid Museum in NYC gets the test mule Enterprise.

I doubt they'd fit into the Smithsonian, Maybe the Silver Springs Annex.

The Udvar-Hazy facility at Dulles actually. It'll fit.

cheers,

Il 13/08/2011 03:05, vaughn ha scritto:
"Ray wrote in message
...

I'd imaginge Huntsville Al will get one.
Maybe the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio.{best
airplane museum in world, a must see for any admirer of planes and it's free}
I doubt they'd fit into the Smithsonian, Maybe the Silver Springs Annex.

Have you been living under a rock?

1) Shuttle Enterprise, (the glider flight test airframe), will move from the
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in
Virginia to the Intrepid Sea, Air& Space Museum in New York.
2) The Udvar-Hazy Center will become the new home for shuttle Discovery, which
retired after completing its 39th mission in March.
3) Shuttle Endeavour, will go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
4) Shuttle Atlantis, will be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor's
Complex in Florida.

Bravo ! even I can't think of a better geographical/museum placing for
the former shuttles

Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.

So will they put the real bits back once makde clean and safe, ie, wiill
they be complete internally, or will they just use plastic and stuff and gut
all the innards whre they can?

Brian

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"Snidely" wrote in message
...
"David E. Powell" scribbled something like ...

Beautifully shot pictures but sad to see those parts carved out of
them.

You're not used to seeing these actresses without their makeup on, but
isn't removing the OMS and RCS somehing that happened during normal
servicing as well?



http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4


The nose-to-nose picture is at
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=55654, but the page
cited also has other pictures related to the bay swap.

/dps

"Brian Gaff" scribbled something like ...

So will they put the real bits back once makde clean and safe, ie,
wiill they be complete internally, or will they just use plastic and
stuff and gut all the innards whre they can?


I am not sure, but the forward RCS pod is on its way to New Mexico. A
caption further into the gallery says, "In Orbiter Processing Facility-2
(OPF-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians assist as a
special crane lowers space shuttle Atlantis’ forward reaction control
system onto a transporter. The system, which provided maneuvering
capabilities to the spacecraft during its missions, will be transported to
White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico to undergo a complete deservicing
and cleaning"

Note that it doesn' say what will happen to it once cleaned. But other
press materials may have that information.

/dps