Start Saving To Buy Your Space Shuttle Now 197
stoolpigeon writes "With the retirement of the shuttle drawing near, NASA has begun to plan for museums that may want a used orbiter of their own. The Orlando Sentinel reports that NASA issued an RFI to US educational institutions, science museums and other organizations to see if they would be interested in the orbiter while also able to cover the estimated $42 million cost of 'safeing' the shuttle and transporting it."
So uh... (Score:5, Funny)
eh... (Score:4, Funny)
They're selling the space shuttle--But why? There's already a glut of novelty ashtrays on the market. They won't get much for it.
Rendered Safe (Score:5, Funny)
"What do you mean, 'where are the keys for it?' Awwww man..."
Corporate Grab (Score:2, Funny)
Apple should buy it and put it on display at 1 Infinite Loop.
They could paint it many colors with a dancing silhouette on the side
and giant ugly white ear buds around the cockpit.
Re:eh... (Score:5, Funny)
Ahh, but this particular style of ashtray has roared into the sky, exploded, killed people, and shocked a nation. Not to mention costing a fortune, causing endless controversy, and having really crap tiles.
Re:you would only be dissapointed (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure all the engineers that see the stuff are both amazed by the audacity of most of these designs and by the fact that they ever even approached the reliability they have with such complexity.
Exactly. I look at the space shuttle and I don't just see kludge of unfortunate design trade offs. I see the huge, hairy balls of the engineers who not only thought they could make it work, but actually did it.
Of course, this means I have no interest in buying a Shuttle even if I could afford one, cus who wants that imagery in their head all the time?
Re:So uh... (Score:2, Funny)
Actually, an uncircumcised Jew WOULD be likely to eat a ham sandwich, since they are probably not religious.
So by that logic would a pregnant nun be likely to drink a beer too?
Re:leave it in space (Score:2, Funny)