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Topic: Texas lawmakers: Move Discovery to Houston

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 08-07-2025 11:09 PM collectSPACE <blockquote><font size="+0"><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080725a-cornyn-weber-investigation-smitsonian-shuttle-discovery-lobbying.html">Texas lawmakers: Investigate Smithsonian over space shuttle move protest</a></font> [i]Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with having gotten NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for over a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday (Aug. 7) sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and Chief Justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law by their efforts to block legislation authorizing the space vehicle's transfer.[/i]</blockquote> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080725a-cornyn-weber-investigation-smitsonian-shuttle-discovery-lobbying.html" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-080725a-lg.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a></center>
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