Were you asleep at mission control during Endeavor's final flight? Did you forget to appear to the brand new York City skyline for the Enterprise's last adventure? Buck up buttercup, there's still one Space Shuttle launch you have not missed -- a fake Space Shuttle, named Explorer, is prepping itself to ride a barge to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The total-size shuttle mockup was shuffled out of the Kennedy Space Center Complex to make way for an exact spacecraft last year, and could now embark on a 10 day journey by sea to its new home in Texas. "NASA's Space Shuttle changed the best way we expect about space, making it more accessible, understandable and useful," stated Space Center Houston President, Richard Allen. "That's our intent to continue that legacy with this exciting new attraction." The replica shuttle may be getting a couple of upgrades, including a brand new cockpit that more closely resembles the inner of space shuttle Atlantis, and may be housed in a brand new education facility this is being built across the mock spacecraft. Sure, it is not as exciting as a valid shuttle launch, but we're still happy to provide the old bird one final send off.
From WhatNewsToday.net
0 comments:
Post a Comment