Houston Snubbed-No Space Shuttle

Remember that the Enterprise was never anything more than a test glider which was taken to altitude on piggyback by a 747 and dropped to see it the thing worked. It wasn't even going to be called Enterprise originally, that was done because of some write-in campaign by Star Trek fans. Now, when you put that together with a private museum which could probably pay the tariff to get the "non-orbiter", it going to NY isn't a biggie for myself.

 

Thanks for then salute!

When I first read that I thought you said our playoff is in the mail.

I sure hope it is
(apologies to those of you in the volunteer state)

Frankly I'd think the 3 shuttles should go to the Smithsonian, Houston & Florida. (with Houston & Canaveral being the primary shuttle locations) and the Enterprise going to California.

I don't think the Enterprise would make much difference though, as a museum exibit it's almost the same value as the later shuttles.
They could probably even do a mock-up of the shuttle engines or such, perhaps with some spare parts.

 

There is no reason W-P should have gotten the shuttle. They had little if anything to do with the shuttle program. Houston, SCal and Kennedy all deserved one by virtue of being the centers for manufacturing them, launching it and mission control.

 

No, I don't think Mr. Gomez knows how very wrong he is.

 

It would seem that Houston is deserving of a shuttle. Their role in the shuttle program and the space race should reflect this. I might point out that comedians, when satarizing the Space Programme, utter the iconic words of "HOUSTON....we have a problem!". It's not "New York...we have a problem". Doesn't New York have enough to look at for tourists as it is? Maybe more people might travel to the south if a little more attention was paid to enhancing the region with stuff like one of the shuttles.

The point about the Challenger's crew all being Houston residents is a telling one. Probably no other American city is so closely identified with the Space Programme.

If I were the Mayor of Houston, I would complaining long and loud as well!

 

"HOUSTON....we have a problem!" is only iconic if you have seen "Apollo 13" way to many times.

To the rest of us it's "Houston, we've had a problem."

Probably not...See, so far, everyone has mentioned the "Big 4", yet nobody has mentioned Huntsville, Alabama, and the "Pathfinder"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../800px-Space_Shuttle_Pathfinder_Highsmith.jpg

 

Houstonians live eat and breathe the space program-it's not something that they take for granted. Space Center Houston is an attraction that is an add on to NASA here. Everyday, it attracts thousands. Replicas of Mercury and Apollo rockets can be found at Space Center, as well as all other matter of space memorabilia. One item will be missing from the collection, although several million dollars had been squirelled away for a building for the shuttle. It really is a tragedy.

 

A tragedy? No...A tragedy is what happened in Japan not too long ago. This is, at best a disappointment, but it is far from a tragedy.

Why not take the millions they had set aside for the building and construct their own shuttle mockup, similar to the "Pathfinder".

PS The Saturn V is not a replica, but is composed of actual Saturn Vs from canceled flights. IIRC, it is the only Saturn V on display that is composed entirely of stages intended for flight. The others on display have some or all of their stages that were only intended for test purposes.

Thankfully, it was enclosed after being restored by the Smithsonian Institute.