NASA signs over shuttle title to California museum
(AP) -- NASA has transferred ownership of the retired space shuttle Endeavour to a California museum.
A ceremony at the California Science Center Tuesday was attended by several members of Endeavour's last crew including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' astronaut-husband Mark Kelly.
Endeavour is expected to arrive next year at Los Angeles International Airport and then be towed through the streets to the museum near downtown Los Angeles.
Museum President Jeffrey Rudolph says Endeavour will be housed horizontally in a temporary display until a permanent exhibit is built. Its final position will be vertical, as if it's ready to launch.
NASA retired the space shuttle fleet in July after three decades of flying. Museums in suburban Washington, D.C., Florida and New York will receive the remaining shuttles and prototype vehicle.
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Also, why couldn't at least ONE shuttle have been held in reserve at Cape Canaveral just in case the Russians balk at carrying our astronauts up to the ISS for political reasons? Vladimir Putin will most likely win the Russian Presidency again and he will have full power and control over the majority of Russian endeavours. (Pun not intended) :(
If he refuses to engage with our space program, we will be left with nothing and the ISS will destroy itself without a crew.
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I am not certain future generations should be reminded of past glories of the USA space program.
Words cannot convey my regret that the USA
a.) Ignored the star that heats planet Earth and
b.) Hid or avoided experimental observations that showed
The Sun is the unstable remains of the supernova that gave birth to the solar system [1], not the giant ball of hydrogen that the Bilderberg group adopted as solar dogma in 1967 [2].
1. "The Sun is a plasma diffuser that sorts atoms by mass"
Yadernaya Fizika 69, 11 (2006)
http://arxiv.org/.../0609509
2. The Bilderberg solar model, Solar Physics 3, 5-25 (1968)
http://adsabs.har....3....5G
With kind regards,
Oliver K. Manuel
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It would still require billions to feed the standing army accompanying the shuttle program. In an already tight NASA budget, this money is better spent elsewhere.