Posts: 55021 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-17-2025 01:47 PM
quote:Originally posted by OV-105: It still has the orbiter attachment points on it...
The struts are still there, but the attach points are not.
The attach points are ITAR controlled, which is why Space Center Houston cannot display NASA 905's attach points (and why a photo I took of them when they were removed cannot be posted online).
KeepTheShuttle New Member
Posts: 1 From: Registered: Jul 2025
posted 07-21-2025 08:23 PM
Hi all - my name is Joe, and I'm organizing folks to oppose the proposed relocation at KeepTheShuttle.org
The relocation would be a mistake on several fronts — it's a misuse of taxpayer money, sets a precedent of political plunder at the Smithsonian, and moving Discovery would be extraordinarily difficult and risk damaging a priceless piece of American history.
If you're interested in learning more and getting involved please check us out!
pupnik Member
Posts: 124 From: Maryland Registered: Jan 2014
posted 07-22-2025 05:46 PM
Well, if the Smithsonian is going to have all that empty space, I guess they'll need to fill it with something else. Maybe with that Saturn V in Houston that they own.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55021 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-22-2025 06:14 PM
I know your comment is in jest, but for the record, when the Saturn V was repaired and restored in 2005 and 2006, it was done so in place because it was determined that any attempt to move it would result in its destruction. Even after the work was completed, it was deemed far too fragile to be relocated.
tedc Member
Posts: 243 From: Renton, WA USA Registered: Mar 2002
posted 07-22-2025 10:45 PM
Can we say the same about Discovery?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55021 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-23-2025 01:39 PM
Committee on House Administration Chairman release
Morelle Amendment to Keep Space Shuttle Discovery in the Smithsonian Moves Forward
Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued the following statement about his amendment introduced during the Appropriations Full Committee Markup of the FY26 Interior and Environment Bill to keep the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Smithsonian. The amendment was successfully adopted and will be included in the bill to be considered by the full House:
"The forced removal and relocation of the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum is inappropriate, wasteful, and wrong. Neither the Smithsonian nor American taxpayers should be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this misguided effort. I am grateful for the bipartisan support of my colleagues on this amendment and hope we can continue working together throughout the remainder of the Appropriations process to keep a treasured Smithsonian artifact where it belongs," said Ranking Member Morelle.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55021 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-05-2025 06:40 PM
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) release
Cornyn Secures Relocation of Retired NASA Shuttle to Houston
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in response to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Acting Administrator Sean Duffy's approval of a retired NASA space shuttle to be moved to a non-profit near the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, an effort that was spearheaded by Senator Cornyn and signed into law by President Trump as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
"Since the inception of our nation's human space exploration program, Houston has been at the center of our most historic achievements, from training the best and brightest to voyage into the great unknown to putting the first man on the moon," said Sen. Cornyn. "There is no better place for one of NASA's space shuttles to be displayed than Space City, and I thank Acting Administrator Duffy for rectifying the Obama Administration's error and look forward to welcoming this iconic orbiter to its rightful home."
posted 07-17-2025 01:47 PM
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