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Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-09-2018 10:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Space World, a theme park in Kitakyushu City, Japan, featured the only full-scale model of a space Shuttle full stack outside of the United States. In mid-November (2018), the Discovery model — which stood at the center of the Venus roller coaster — was demolished, 11 months after the park was closed.

On Nov. 19, 2018, Twitter user @0x_cat_x0 posted a video of the demolition:

robert_l
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posted 12-11-2018 11:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for robert_l   Click Here to Email robert_l     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What an absolute waste

denali414
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posted 12-11-2018 01:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for denali414   Click Here to Email denali414     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a shame — Fred (GACspaceguy) could have used it in his growing rocket garden.

dom
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posted 12-11-2018 03:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dom   Click Here to Email dom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Seriously, what could they have done? They could hardly sell it on eBay!

GACspaceguy
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posted 12-11-2018 06:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wish it were possible to put it out here on the range. Painful video to watch.

fredtrav
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posted 12-12-2018 01:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for fredtrav   Click Here to Email fredtrav     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fred, it would be cheaper for you to build your own than take that one down and transport it to your home.

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