Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City

Hugh Pickens writes "Bloomberg reports that New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and a bipartisan delegation of 17 US representatives from New York and New Jersey have sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden calling for the agency to place a shuttle aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. A former aircraft carrier, Intrepid served as one of NASA's recovery vehicles for early space flights. Intrepid officials have gathered almost 57,000 signatures on a petition to bring an orbiter to New York, and NASA is weighing 21 bids from visitors' centers, science museums and educational institutions eager to host one of the three aging space shuttles that will be retired this year. 'These are going to be like the Mona Lisa,' says space historian John Logsdon, referring to Leonardo da Vinci's iconic 1506 portrait of a woman in Florence that remains on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. 'The primary criteria for the shuttles' location will be the stability of the site and whether the chosen institutions can exhibit them for the next 500 years.'"

Re:Europe

[Cryacin]

Sure, why the hell not? There are plenty of Intrepid Space cadets in NYC.

Which Mona Lisa?

[ChinggisK]

These are going to be like the Mona Lisa,' says space historian John Logsdon, referring to Leonardo da Vinci's iconic 1506 portrait of a woman in Florence that remains on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris

I'm glad he specified that. I wasn't sure what he was talking about with just a simple "Mona Lisa".

Re:Europe

[Anonymous Coward]

Pick up one of the Buran models.

Not like they had as much mileage on them.

Re:Get a book to see the Mona Lisa

[BadAnalogyGuy]

From my research, it's not even the Mona Lisa that is the important painting in that hall. Rather it is the painting on the opposite wall that holds a clue to finding the Sangreal.

Re:Get a book to see the Mona Lisa

[Zordak]

Also, the naked dead guy.

Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable

[Anonymous Coward]

5 words (up to 8 depending on how you read the first), 2Prophets1Cup staring Jesus and Mohamed.

Is that sacrilegious enough for you?

Re:Old news

[Rogerborg]

Transport costs too much? Just put some of our Saudi Arabian friends and allies on the last shuttle flight, and I'm pretty sure it'll make it to New York all by itself.