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Topic: Where is this 1974 space shuttle mockup?
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astrobock
Member Posts: 48
From: WV, USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted December 16, 2011 04:36 AM
  
Is this 1974 shuttle mockup on display anywhere? |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 200
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted December 16, 2011 05:23 AM
Or what about this mockup and its location? |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 248
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted December 16, 2011 07:36 AM
quote:
Originally posted by astrobock:
Is this 1974 shuttle mockup on display anywhere?
That was in Downey until it was shut down. |
space1
Member Posts: 433
From: Danville, Ohio, USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted December 16, 2011 07:52 AM
...and it is still in Downey, currently in storage. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 769
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted December 16, 2011 08:14 PM
Yes, when the plant closed in 1999 this first full scale space shuttle orbiter mockup was deeded to the city of Downey for a future facility by NASA. It has a complete engine compartment with plumbing, a 1990 era flight deck and crew compartment with the toilet and bunk arrangement. Over the years it received visits from President Reagan and England's Queen Elizabeth and was the first vehicle that all military payload specialists toured. The second appears to be the 1:3 scale orbiter that was part of a shuttle stack that was built at the Downey facility in the mid-70's for shake and vibration tests. It is now owned by the Smithsonian. | |
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