Space Shuttle
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greybeard
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The space shuttle? I thought they were all in museums by now?
TexasBred
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That's where this one was going. Riding on the back of a 747...greybeard":zqlf51z5 said:
cowmilker
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This is the last one going to LA. Gabbie Giffords' husband requested they fly it over their town as he was the last one to pilot this particular shuttle.
greybeard
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Neat to see I imagine--A once in forever experience for sure.
I always wanted to go to Fla to see one lift off, but never made it.
Maybe if they do build the SpaceX facility down in deep South Texas I can go see something there.
I always wanted to go to Fla to see one lift off, but never made it.
Maybe if they do build the SpaceX facility down in deep South Texas I can go see something there.
TexasBred
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Hard to believe that BHO would not designate one of the shuttles to be on permanent display in Houston at Mission Control.greybeard":2rmg6cyu said:
chippie
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How cool lorene!
It stopped in Houston for a day. They had a Texas flag on the plane -- upsidedown
It stopped in Houston for a day. They had a Texas flag on the plane -- upsidedown
I can tell I'm going to get bashed for this----------one of the biggest waist of money our country ever got involved in. I could kinda understand when we had a space with The USSR. Nothing to prove now.
slick4591
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Bigfoot":2dlzq0qc said:
We can get bashed together because I think it's a gigantic waste, too. We knew from telescopes there was nothing on the moon and it would not sustain life, but we had to go there anyway. What good was that? The same thing with Mars and I bet they find a way to dump billions into that project.
pdfangus
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actually the scientific advances made in the early years were phenominal.....
nearly every advance since the sixties has roots in the NASA program.
recent years not so much....
nearly every advance since the sixties has roots in the NASA program.
recent years not so much....
TexasBred
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pdfangus":3qhqhzh5 said:
Absolutely....here's a link that list quite a few:
http://theattackmachine.wordpress.com/2 ... ploration/
slick4591
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While there's things on that list I'm not even sure what they are, I know that physical therapy was around long before the sixties as was the artificial heart. Could be that there were gadgets made by NASA that helped the AH along, tho.
cowboy43
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What City and State do you associate with the NASA program ? Why did they not get a space shuttle to display. ( Clue) H------ we have a problem.
slick4591
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cowboy43":39vl537f said:
I guess if you had $28.8 mil and met the criteria you could have had one too. :lol:
chippie
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Houston did not get a shuttle, but we did get a full size replica that people can go inside and see what it is like. Kids can have hands on experience. I think that is better than getting one that a person can only see the outside of it. Visitors are not allowed inside of the real shuttles. However there are many people that are not satisfied with it.
greybeard
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If I had known to look for it, I may have been able to see it myself. Most flights going into Bush intercontinental pass over my property--depending where their flight originated from. I saw the pic on the front page of the Chronical earlier--good looking picture on an unusually clear day..
Ryder
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We cannot afford it. :help:slick4591":2f68xexs said:
TexasBred
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cowboy43":3kdxnp2y said:
"Houston we have a problem"..............we voted Republican. :shock: No space shuttle for mission control. Go make you a "reasonable facimile".
