Space Shuttle Hits Bridge

ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:11

Not your everyday headline...

Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on Sunday (June 3) when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half of its sea trek to a Manhattan museum for display.

Mounted atop an open-air, flat-bed barge, Enterprise was on its way from John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York to Weeks Marine in Jersey City, N.J., when the accident occurred. The shuttle, NASA's prototype for its orbiter fleet, was making the first leg of its trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, a converted World War II aircraft carrier that is docked on Manhattan's west side.

More: http://www.space.com/15996-space-shuttl ... amage.html

After hearing about their Concorde, I was seriously worried about what Intrepid were going to do to their Shuttle. But I figured it would at least get there unscathed... {bored}

My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.

GQfluffy (Database Editor & Founding Member) 05 Jun 12, 15:19

New York doesn't deserve a #@#$@$(*@! Space Shuttle.

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ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:26

Enterprise was all warm and happy inside the Smithsonian...

...and now this.

I see the exhibition's meant to open next month. Does anyone here know whether there's actually going to be a building to put it in by then, like the nifty drawings? Because they said the same about Concorde. In 2003.

My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.

Zak (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:28

Dead Cat Turned Into Helicopter.
Space Shuttle Hits Bridge.

Seems to be the week of interesting headlines... {nut}

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miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:33

GQfluffy wrote:New York doesn't deserve a #@#$@$(*@! Space Shuttle.

+1

Houston gets a wooden mock up... That just isn't right.

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Allstarflyer (Database Editor & Founding Member) 05 Jun 12, 15:35

Houston and Dayton, OH both are ahead on the most-deserved count.

AndesSMF (Founding Member) 05 Jun 12, 15:38

Enterprise was voicing its displeasure at the move.

Einstein said two things were infinite; the universe, and stupidity. He wasn't sure about the first, but he was certain about the second.

ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:38

Even if they were going to look after Enterprise - which I severely doubt - I agree, why on earth did they get her in the first place? Bizarre decision.

My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.

ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 05 Jun 12, 15:40

OK, here's a question: How fast did Enterprise go on these test drops?

Just, if she's gonna sit there in the rain with Concorde, they've got to have something to talk about :))

My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.

ShyFlyer (Founding Member) 05 Jun 12, 15:45

They should have left it at Udvar-Hazy. {facepalm}

miamiair wrote:Houston gets a wooden mock up

That's just disgusting.

Meanwhile....

Make Orwell fiction again.

CO777ER (Database Editor & Founding Member) 06 Jun 12, 01:33

Yet another reason why Houston should have received the real deal instead of a plywood mock-up.

ANCFlyer (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 06 Jun 12, 03:49

CO777ER wrote:Yet another reason why Houston should have received the real deal instead of a plywood mock-up.

I will never understand that . . . IAD, I get it. DAY? Really? WTF? But NYC? How preposterous.

LET'S GO BRANDON!!!!

Lucas (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 06 Jun 12, 04:04

ANCFlyer wrote:
CO777ER wrote:Yet another reason why Houston should have received the real deal instead of a plywood mock-up.

I will never understand that . . . IAD, I get it. DAY? Really? WTF? But NYC? How preposterous.

Yep, a total load of bull. Pathetic.

AndesSMF (Founding Member) 06 Jun 12, 04:19

CO777ER wrote:Yet another reason why Houston should have received the real deal instead of a plywood mock-up.

But will the other shuttles have their interiors open to the public like the one in Houston?

Einstein said two things were infinite; the universe, and stupidity. He wasn't sure about the first, but he was certain about the second.

CO777ER (Database Editor & Founding Member) 06 Jun 12, 04:36

We already have a mock-up cockpit at JSC that has been there forever. Kids can sit in it and mess with the dials (iirc from many years ago).

captoveur 20 Jun 12, 14:37

I wonder how far NASA will let Enterprise decay before they take it back.. Then find a facility to restore it.

If they had ever been to the Intrepid museum they would see how ratty their whole collection looks. This isn't a museum I would trust with a priceless artifact.

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GQfluffy (Database Editor & Founding Member) 20 Jun 12, 19:03

Given what they did to the Concorde (so far), NASA obviously is blind...or got told what to do by Congress. {sarcastic}

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