Space shuttle Discovery leaving Air and Space Museum

Warlock said:
JSC Space Center Houston receives over more than 1.3 million visitors a year and more than the Intrepid museum…
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Maybe they should get the shuttle from the Intrepid museum then...

midwestpa24 said:
Personally I don't have a dog in the fight nor a care where each shuttle ended up. But I don't see why we the taxpayers are having to spend hundreds of millions to move it AGAIN. Texas wants it, hold a fundraiser!
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For the amount of money they're allocating just to move the thing, they could probably build a brand new one. Unflyable, of course, but who cares?

They could call it Space Shuttle Idiocracy or something.
 
Warlock said:
Also of note the California Science Center who received Endeavor does not even have it on display….future plans…maybe but it’s been along time and word is after 10 years may not happen anytime soon…
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They had it on display from October 30, 2012, to December 31, 2023. They are currently creating a new building for Endeavor, and will finish construction this year. Following the exhibit installation, they will open. The new exhibit will feature Endeavor mounted vertically with the external tank, and 2 solid rocket boosters. The previous exhibit, you only see the bottom of the Endeavor:
Space Shuttle Endeavor on display at the California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA.



Artist Rendering of the Architectural Plans for new exhibit(which is currently under construction, not just possible future plans):
Artist rendering of the space shuttle Endeavour inside the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, now under construction in Los Angeles.
Concept drawing of the California Science Center's vertical exhibit of Endeavour, including twin sold rocket boosters.



Here are construction updates:
 
Baked Potato said:
we can afford how many hundreds of millions it will take to move this thing?
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Little bit of hyperbole there.

The linked article states it will cost $5M to move it.

The other $80M is to build a museum. Considering the US federal and state governments spend several billion dollars a year on museums, yes, we can probably afford it.
 
Ed Haywood said:
Little bit of hyperbole there.

The linked article states it will cost $5M to move it.

The other $80M is to build a museum. Considering the US federal and state governments spend several billion dollars a year on museums, yes, we can probably afford it.
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I don't believe that. The Smithsonian, quoted in a news article from a Texas newspaper, said somewhere between 300 and 400 million.

Edit - the linked article at the beginning of this thread says $85 million is how much was allocated in the bill that just passed - not what the total expected cost is.
 
Baked Potato said:
I don't believe that. The Smithsonian, quoted in a news article from a Texas newspaper, said somewhere between 300 and 400 million.

Edit - the linked article at the beginning of this thread says $85 million is how much was allocated in the bill that just passed - not what the total expected cost is.
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That does not mean that entire cost will be footed by the US government.

The California Science Center space shuttle expansion cost $400M. That was funded by a mix of state and private money. Most was donations.
 
midwestpa24 said:
Personally I don't have a dog in the fight nor a care where each shuttle ended up. But I don't see why we the taxpayers are having to spend hundreds of millions to move it AGAIN. Texas wants it, hold a fundraiser!
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How about a bakesale like we have to for schools?
 
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