NASA to announce orbiter final resting places April 12

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:05 pm

http://space.flatoday.net/2011/03/bolde ... iters.html

gt0163c · Post by **gt0163c** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:37 pm

So, anyone have any opinions?

Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center are obvious choices. Wright-Pat makes good sense too (amazing museum there. The Valkrie is such a beautiful bird.).
I've never been to The Museum of Flight in Seattle but have heard some good things about the place.
Of course, it would be amazing for the Space and Rocket Center to have a real shuttle.

Where else?

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:09 pm

Discovery is already slated to go to the Smithsonian. It's anybody's guess as to where the other birds will end up. I doubt Huntsville gets one, because if we did, where would we get the funds to build housing for it?

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:13 pm

Dont' forget Enterprise; once the Smithsonian has Discovery, I doubt if they'll keep the both of them. I wonder where they'll go.

You know... there are a lot of Canadian parts... and my back garden is big enough to hold an orbiter.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:55 pm

Ooh, Huntsville could make a case for getting Enterprise back, and house it at Marshall! Didn't think about that.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:12 pm

If HSV was able to get Enterprise I heard from someone that there is a building that could be erected to house the orbiter.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:33 pm

Enterprise was housed at Marshall back in the mid-80's, I forget which building, but it was a tour stop.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:36 am

There is a building that couldbe erected to house Enterprise as far as i know atleast. The way i understand it the Space and Rocket center purchased a temporary shelter that was designed for use at TAL sights to house an orbiter in the event they could get one. The way i understand it though this part could be wrong they wold likely use the sace previously occupied by the Saturn V in rocket park.

my thoughts on all this in eneral. I think KSC and JSC will likely get two of the orbiters likely Endeavor and Atlantis. This would leave Enterprise up for grabs among the various museums. Now as much as i would love to see Huntsville get it nd Enterprise has a Huntsville connection since so much testing ws done there i would say Dryden flight research center has just as much if not more connection to it since the approach and landing tests were done there. At the same time i wouldnt be suprised if Enterrise wen to a non NASA connected museum to give someone else a chance.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:00 pm

I think sticking the Enterprise (or any other flown orbiter for that matter) in the Rocket Park with non-flown hardware would cheapen it a bit. Everything in the Rocket Park for the most part are test articles, dummy units or mothballed components that never flew. Having an Enterprise, Atlantis or Endeavour would be special, and from a marketing perspective, you could sweeten the public's perception by making the orbiter an exclusive stop on the bus tour. This would also upgrade the value of the bus tour. Just my two cents.

gt0163c · Post by **gt0163c** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:18 am

Boomerang wrote:Now as much as i would love to see Huntsville get it nd Enterprise has a Huntsville connection since so much testing ws done there i would say Dryden flight research center has just as much if not more connection to it since the approach and landing tests were done there. At the same time i wouldnt be suprised if Enterrise wen to a non NASA connected museum to give someone else a chance.

I don't think Dryden will get a shuttle. I'm not sure they would want one. My thinking is that Dryden is at Edwards Air Force Base. Edwards is on the edge of nowhere (seriously, I worked there on and off for over a year). It's 40 minutes from the nearest reasonably sized city. Over an hour from the northern LA suburbs. And there's almost nothing else out there. Far from a tourist destination. Plus there's the added issues of getting onto the base. Not somewhere you can just decide to go on a whim. They do do tours, but for individuals, it's one day a month. Not sure how many group tours they do, but it's not a regular scheduled thing.

I think it's more likely for a non-NASA facility to get a shuttle.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:45 pm

OK so the final resting places have been announced:

Enterprise - Intrepid museum, Manhattan, NY
Discovery - Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Endeavour - California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA
Atlantis - Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, FL

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:05 pm

Endeavour's Canadarm will be coming to Canada and it's final resting place has yet to be determined. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... uttle.html

The full shuttle 'resting places' report, includes smaller items like simulators:

April 12, 2011

David Weaver
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
[email protected]

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
[email protected]

RELEASE: 11-107

NASA ANNOUNCES NEW HOMES FOR SHUTTLE ORBITERS AFTER RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON -- After 30 years of spaceflight, more than 130 missions,
and numerous science and technology firsts, NASA's space shuttle
fleet will retire and be on display at institutions across the
country to inspire the next generation of explorers and engineers.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday announced the facilities
where four shuttle orbiters will be displayed permanently at the
conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program. Shuttle Enterprise, the
first orbiter built, 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. The Udvar-Hazy Center
will become the new home for shuttle Discovery, which retired after
completing its 39th mission in March. Shuttle Endeavour, which is
preparing for its final flight at the end of the month, will go to
the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Atlantis, which will
fly the last planned shuttle mission in June, will be displayed at
the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

"We want to thank all of the locations that expressed an interest in
one of these national treasures," Bolden said. "This was a very
difficult decision, but one that was made with the American public in
mind. In the end, these choices provide the greatest number of people
with the best opportunity to share in the history and accomplishments
of NASA's remarkable Space Shuttle Program. These facilities we've
chosen have a noteworthy legacy of preserving space artifacts and
providing outstanding access to U.S. and international visitors."

NASA also announced that hundreds of shuttle artifacts have been
allocated to museums and education institutions.

Various shuttle simulators for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum of McMinnville, Ore., and Texas
A&M's Aerospace Engineering Department
Full fuselage trainer for the Museum of Flight in Seattle
Nose cap assembly and crew compartment trainer for the National Museum
of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio
Flight deck pilot and commander seats for NASA's Johnson Space Center
in Houston
Orbital maneuvering system engines for the U.S. Space and Rocket
Center of Huntsville, Ala., National Air and Space Museum in
Washington, and Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

For more information about other shuttle program artifacts that are
available to museums and libraries, visit:

http://gsaxcess.gov/htm/nasa/userguide/ ... mphlet.pdf

NASA also is offering shuttle heat shield tiles to schools and
universities that want to share technology and a piece of space
history with their students. Schools can request a tile at:

http://gsaxcess.gov/NASAWel.htm

For a map of the future locations for the orbiters and shuttle
artifacts and for more information on visiting the facilities, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_stat ... e_map.html

For more information about NASA's placement of the space shuttle
orbiters, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/transition

For information about the Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

-end-

allyshan · Post by **allyshan** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:40 am

What is NASA's role in fostering and regulating science and technology in the US? I am writing an essay about it. I gave a brief history, and told how NASA greatly affects peoples daily lives, now I need to know more technical aspects.
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SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:48 pm

allyshan wrote:What is NASA's role in fostering and regulating science and technology in the US? I am writing an essay about it. I gave a brief history, and told how NASA greatly affects peoples daily lives, now I need to know more technical aspects.

You should probably start a new thread about this. You may want to investigate things like grants, high school and college internships, the great moonbuggy race at USSRC, etc. If you start a new thread I'm sure people will give you more detailed links and what not to point you in the right direction.