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T O P I C R E V I E WDuke Of URLI know the shuttle will be "retired" in 2010, but why don't we give it to someone so they can use it?RizzUse it for what?Duke Of URLI dunno...a bird bath?John K. RochesterI've got a big enough yard!!DavidHIf you mean using it as a spacecraft, then no one else has the necessary infrastructure. By the time they could build their own VAB and Complex 39 and crawlers and training simulators and Michoud and etc., the actual cost of the spacecraft probably wouldn't be much of a savings.------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972Duke Of URLNever thought of that. I figured maybe the ESA.WSTFphotoIn addition to the infrastructure that DavidH mentioned, there are only a finite number of system spares for the Shuttle. SSMEs and RCS thrusters are on a fixed rotation for refurbishment, for example. The hypergolic propellants required for the shuttle require specialized tools, materials, and techniques to be safely handled and they’re not the kind of thing one would find at the corner market.DavidHThe hypergolics would be a huge issue, the SSMEs potentially less so. That would be the one advantage (in this unworkable scenario) to going with Shuttle-derived vehicles for the Vision -- materials like the SRBs and SSMEs will continue to be produced and serviced, so theoretically an agreement could be worked out for whoever inherited the STS system.------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972lunarrv15 quote:I know the shuttle will be "retired" in 2010, but why don't we give it to someone so they can use it?it has depth for a swimming pool. Convert the cabin into his her pool housespaceman1953I got room too. They can land at my local airport and a 747 with one on its back can land there too. Then we can tow it the rest of the way to the farm just around the corner from John Glenn High School in Walkerton.KevmacOk. But seriously folks, are there any formal plans for the orbiters when retired? Have any of the space museums claimed them? I imagine we've learned from the Saturn rockets that they can't be put on display outside. Where will they go?KMMatt TThe Smithsonian, the Smithsonian, the Smithsonian and the Smithsonian respectively (and in that order).No doubt they'll arrange loans, most likely back to NASA centres I would guess.Cheers,Matt------------------ www.spaceracemuseum.comDuke Of URLI think I was overly optimistic in thinking a country (or an organization such as the ESA) could use the Shuttle.I know there are huge costs involved with support facilities, but the craft has been developed and built and that has to be a big chunk 'o' change.Too bad these things are heading for mothballs and museums. I figured they'd be good for another 5-10 years of flight.Robert PearlmanWell, they will be flying (in theory and planning) for the next five years until 2010.On the subject of where they are going, Kennedy Space Center is already planning on receiving one for display. From the collectSPACE article Shuttle Experience to launch tourists: quote:When the Space Shuttle program concludes, the visitor complex has envisioned a home for one of the orbiters. Visitors will be able to interact with the real vehicle and browse artifacts. Placed in the context of a processing facility environment, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Exhibit will be designed to capture the imagination of the public in much the same way as the Saturn V rocket does today at the Apollo/Saturn V Center.[This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited September 24, 2005).]
------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972
quote:I know the shuttle will be "retired" in 2010, but why don't we give it to someone so they can use it?
it has depth for a swimming pool. Convert the cabin into his her pool house
No doubt they'll arrange loans, most likely back to NASA centres I would guess.
Cheers,Matt
------------------ www.spaceracemuseum.com
I know there are huge costs involved with support facilities, but the craft has been developed and built and that has to be a big chunk 'o' change.
Too bad these things are heading for mothballs and museums. I figured they'd be good for another 5-10 years of flight.
On the subject of where they are going, Kennedy Space Center is already planning on receiving one for display. From the collectSPACE article Shuttle Experience to launch tourists:
quote:When the Space Shuttle program concludes, the visitor complex has envisioned a home for one of the orbiters. Visitors will be able to interact with the real vehicle and browse artifacts. Placed in the context of a processing facility environment, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Exhibit will be designed to capture the imagination of the public in much the same way as the Saturn V rocket does today at the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
[This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited September 24, 2005).]
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