"buy now" price of $42 million, would make a great granny flat in the backyard
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In the market for a used space shuttle? You're in luck. If, that is, you happen to have a spare $42 million—and are a U.S. educational institution, federal agency, state or municipality.
NASA yesterday released info about its shuttles' post-retirement plans and put out feelers to gauge interest from potential buyers. (The shuttle program is currently scheduled to end in 2010.) The agency estimates it will cost $42 million to detoxify the fuel systems and conduct other "safing" measures, prep the orbiter for indoor display and transport it by air to its final destination. NASA says it may cost more to reach far-flung locations requiring a long-distance haul "over public roadways which may require removal of light posts and traffic signals or transport by barge over water." The shuttles, after all, have a 78-foot wingspan, about as broad as 11 Hummers.
IIS should buy it and turn it into an observatory for IIS camps how cool would that be if we get enough members we can all put in a share to own a piece of the metal too
I could imagine you there Jen in Swan Hill with the endeavor shuttle in the main street as a tourist attraction with .....Yes you guessed it ..Jen as the tour guide...you go gurl....cheers Kev.
I could imagine you there Jen in Swan Hill with the endeavor shuttle in the main street as a tourist attraction with .....Yes you guessed it ..Jen as the tour guide...you go gurl....cheers Kev.
lol Kev yep that sounds like a great idea i can see myself doing that too hahahha look out tour guide barbie jens taking over
(for now) 
