For me, the moment the Endeavor passed Randy’s Donuts’ big donut sign was forever imprinted in my memory as symbols of two of man’s significant achievements.
STS-126 took place during my "Great Adventure", when I was working to make sure that everyone that went up came safely back home. Your dad is four months older than me.
What I wouldn't do, to get a chance to sit inside the ockpit of the space shuttle. THE Space Shuttle!!. Man the guy has done some good deeds in his life to have had the opportunity to sit in that seat for the last time.
On December 3, 2004, my family and I walked beneath Endeavour. The video is on here. On July 8th, 2011, my family and I watched the STS-135 Atlantis launch from the stands at Banana Creek. On April 17, 2012, my late brother in law and I were there as Discovery was officially retired at Udvar Hazy. We'd ridden our motorcycles through a rainstorm the day before and spent the night in Hagerstown.
So awesome and inspiring! I've seen the shuttle exhibit at the Science Center a few times and love it. Can't wait for the final launch configuration setup to be finished and opened to the public!
We drove from the Bay Area to see the King Tut exhibit not aware the space shuttle was there 🙃 It was so awesome seeing it! Space and history next to each other. There was a tiny model of this project displayed, so cool seeing it actually being done!
As LA resident and having visited shuttle at its present location. I can’t wait to go back and see it in its launch position when it opens. I’m sure it will inspire the next generation of engineers and astronauts.
When we were stationed at Vandeberg AFB in California, my wife was in the USAF, the Space Shuttle was carried over the Command Building. They did a "Wing Salute" to General Helms, a former astronaut with the Shuttle Program. It was very exciting to watch it, along with the chase planes, stream across the Base on it's way to it's final home in L.A. Between my Grandparents working at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, in Houston, to my Brother in Law, Being the Final Inspector of the Shuttle Landing and Retrofits at Edward's AFB in Lancaster CA. My family has a close relationship with NASA. Semper Fidelis American Patriots 🙂😊🙃😉👍🙏🦅🗽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Good to see the “New Kid” get her props…..Challenger was my favorite shuttle she was the workhorse for the early and mid 80s…..Endeavor stepped up to that role later on…..Maybe one day i will actually get to stand in the presence of one of these mighty machines
I saw Discovery at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum about 5 years ago. Absolutely awe inspiring to stand next to her. I wish Columbia had been there, but incredible nonetheless. I highly recommend it.
This is so awesome to see this transition! I remember seeing the shuttle fly past my school in 2012 and then getting to see the exhibit 1st week of opening. I only wish they could have set it up in a way to see or walk into parts of the space shuttle like they have in Houston. The cockpit would be amazing to interact with too. Endeavor and what NASA does has inspired me to study engineering as I'm currently doing!🚀
Glad to see this is finally happening. I believe this proposed exhibit was the reason the center was chosen to receive on of the actual orbiters, over many other competitors.
One question the reporter didnt ask, which I wanted to know......California is not stranger to earthquakes. Will the spacecraft/boosters be safe if there is an earthquake?
The shuttle stack is seismically isolated from the earth using technology also common in large buildings. NASA still has a lot of say in how the shuttles are preserved and has very strict requirements. My understanding is that the California science center went above and beyond those requirements went ensuring the preservation of the stack.
I plan to travel the 6000 miles to see this when it's all done. My bucket list is short as is my time left on this planet. I should of done a trip to see a real launch when it was in use but put work first. I hope I last long enough to see it.
These guys need to purchase a pair of fully loaded, solid rocket boosters. Put the booster on the side and also come up with the way to open the roof of the building. 50 years from now, the people of Los Angeles made aside they want to take this thing for a joyride. I gotta tell you I would watch that. Also, add a 3:15 system that can fuel the external tank.
Seeing this behemoth fly over LA, land at LAX, carefully transported through the streets of LA, and being across the street while I was at USC was such a privilege. I can't wait to see it in full stack with my son!
My school district named all of their elementary schools after space shuttles. I went to Endeavor. (Yes there is challenger and columbia too 😬) we had NASA people come one time it was really cool.
I'm glad this guy appreciated just how special it was to get to sit inside that space shuttle cockpit. For any space geek like myself that would be such a dream come true!
Had a gaming friend in our Counter Strike Clan in 2006 who said she worked for NASA. I finally asked her what she did. She said that she was on one of the landing recovery teams that would be at the shuttle landings and go onboard to remove experiments, trash, make safe many of the systems. I was like "WHAT!" I told her she would be able to tell some great stories to her grandchildren at the museums when the shuttles retired! To her, it was just a job!
December 3, 2004, I walked beneath Endeavour at the Orbiter Processing Facility at KSC with my wife and son. Interesting that you can get into the driver's seat without having to use a "bunny suit", or protective clothing. The reason for the PCs is to protect the shuttle controls from body oils, hair, and skin cells.
Oh man, what an experience that will be. To see one of the most iconic pieces of machinery and technology, ever built by humans, at the centre of the beautiful exhibit. Maybe some day I'll be able to make it across the Atlantic and pay it a visit.
Being an architect/engineer at heart, I have to ask the question - how long can the shuttle full stack structure last? All materials fatigue when under stress, so what happens in 20-30 years when stress cracks begin forming in the external fuel tank and SRB's? Are they going to tear down the building in order to unstack it?
As long as there something holding the structure up. The boosters are attached to the ground and the tank and orbiter might be held up by something… like either wires or something, like shuttle Atlantis. So it would last until it needs to be maintained again The rockets in Huntsville Alabama were there for a very long time and they are dealing with the pain a lot better than actual aircrafts with metal fatigue But when the shuttle exhibit is finished, the stack will be no longer exposed to the elements and as maintaining the stack, it would be a while to eliminate the material fatigue but it will be worth it, just like what NASA did to Atlantis.
@@russellh8702 well sure, as they should be. But inspections don't provide remediation. What, if anything, has been considered if such inspections down the road determine that the stack is no longer viable? Will they have to demolish the building around it in order to de-stack the orbiter? Let's hope that this has already been considered as a possible outcome, and mitigation can be accomplished with less drastic methods 😊
The Shuttle, tank, and boosters were designed to stay in place while the shuttle's main engines were fired up over a few seconds, just before the explosive bolts fire, the SRBs ignite and they lift off. That indicates that the core structure holding the Shuttle stack together is going to be pretty strong.
One thing was never answered. Who is in that framed photo that was there sitting on the console between the Commander's and Pilot's seat on the flight deck?
This is one of those ideas that Thousands of people have had but just brushed it off as not financially doable. Ive seen the Saturn 5 up close, ive been to the rocket garden, but one thing i never got to see growing up was a full stacked shuttle. I lived In Brevard county about an hour away, the space shuttles returning from orbit woke me up with their sonic booms yet i never got to see one upright. Im going to have to fix that now!
One of my Greatest Disappointments was not being able to capture a photo of the Space Shuttle, riding on the back of it's 747 Transport Aircraft, over Clear Lake adjacent to NASA Houston!?!! I was just coming back from surfing in Galveston, when we stopped at a pier on the lake, at a Park across from NASA. The Shuttle/747 had just refueled at Ellington AFB & was taking off for it's final trip to the Kennedy Space Center for it's First Flight!?!! So, it's not something you'd expect to see flying over the Lake, with it's reflection, glistening in the water, so I ran through the park hollering "does anybody have a Camera"??? Unfortunately, it was not to happen!?!! All I could think about after, was how many Newspapers would have ran that picture!?!! 😮😢😅😊😂 Semper Fidelis American Patriots 🤔😌😜👍🙏🦅🗽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@carrolbrooks2143I need to post the video taken by the employees at the Potomac River power station on here. I was working at Elrama and when I saw the flight path I sent an email to my counterparts and asked them to take pictures. The next morning, my inbox was filled with pictures and videos. They thanked me and said that it was so close that they could almost touch it.
Wait! The shuttle Endeavor is being set up in its pre-launch configuration. How can this be called an "Out of This World" display? It happens to be very in world, supposedly waiting for launch.
I personally think being able to see the inside is more important than having it in launch position but what do I know. A mockup of the orbiter would have been better to have vertical as we already know the boosters are just the skins.
By the way, if you go to Kennedy space Center there is one there this is not the only one in the world like it. There is another one except this one and the boosters are both together as one full system. Hopefully that’s what he meant.
Am I the only one who noticed that the rendering of the shuttle in the background is actually an SLS rocket instead of the external fuel tank? And the only one who is kinda bothered by it but also intrigued? 1:17
When they showed the cockpit, there is a framed picture of a guy wearing sunglasses on the console. Wonder who it is and why? Minute 2:22 of the video.
It would be better if they keep it in it's current position as you can walk around the whole thing (including underneath it), which is incredibly impressive. They should have spent the money making it so you could see or sit in the cockpit. Maybe charge people extra to sit in there. They could have always made a cheap replica for the outside exhibit.
@@dougsandison3217Part of the contract governing the placement of the orbiters is that they be maintained in as close to operating condition as possible. NASA reserves the right to recall the orbiters to active service.
For the bit on the need for more engineers than astronauts, the university I'm at all the engineering classes I'm in are basically full of mechanical engineers. Hardly any bio, chemical, or even civil. So, where I'm at, there's not going to be a shortage.
“The only space shuttle displayed like this… IN THE WORLD!” Erm, the shuttle was an American project. Of course there’s no others around the world! 🤷🏻♂️
notice the choice of words "like this" implies that there are other space shuttles, but none that are stacked vertically. The buran I think is in a playground, atlantis is on display horizontally as if its in orbit, and discovery is in the landing position
This is dumb… I went to see endeavor… they didn’t let anyone inside of it… how is that supposed to be inspirational? Someone could 3d print a model of it and put it on display… getting up close and personal is more inspirational… so now they are going to make it even harder to check out!!!! AWESOME!
Go into the museum. You go into the room its in and you see a shuttle that is in its launch position that totals 150 feet. humans are barely 6 feet at most. Its inspiration to see something so large standing upright ready to launch.
Great for Endeavor but how many homeless Californians could have been housed, fed and integrated back into society for the building costs, overrun spending, and land usage?
It is good that they want to put the space shuttle on Display for people to see at launch position. The one question i have is that when our former President George Bush was in office did he actually have the authority to decommission the space shuttle due to safety?
As iconic as the shuttle program was, it was a terribly overpriced and dangerous design. There were many oversights such as 1) No launch escape system for the crew 2) Solid rocket boosters don't allow engine shutoff 3) $2 Billion launch cost vs. Starships' $185 Million
@@SavageSalad69Starship is not complete, and Space shuttle is a different beast from a different era. Also, not sure if starship will have a launch escape system either
Obama was the one who put the nail on the coffin... I was mad, as he gave the keys to private endeavors. No pun intended... But now, I thank him, as Spacex is doing things I never thought possible.
For me, the moment the Endeavor passed Randy’s Donuts’ big donut sign was forever imprinted in my memory as symbols of two of man’s significant achievements.
I was there that day, it was definitely a sight to see.
For me, it was when it stopped at King and Crenshaw for a few hours. Yes, the Space Shuttle was "on the Shaw!"
My dad rode twice on that beauty and to see it get the treatment it deserves is remarkable!
Who? Which missions?
@@AlphaGametauriI'm sure from the name, he's the man, the myth, the legend: Don Pettit :)
STS-126 took place during my "Great Adventure", when I was working to make sure that everyone that went up came safely back home. Your dad is four months older than me.
that's right! @@alphaadhito
Awesome! @@spaceflight1019
What I wouldn't do, to get a chance to sit inside the ockpit of the space shuttle. THE Space Shuttle!!. Man the guy has done some good deeds in his life to have had the opportunity to sit in that seat for the last time.
Very jealous of this reporter getting to SIT. IN. THE. FREAKING. SHUTTLE. COMMAND SEAT! Really looking forward to the exhibit opening!
Truly amazing.
Hope they make a replica to peek inside at the museum. ❤
So we’ll have Discovery displayed in landing configuration, Atlantis in orbit, and Endeavor in launch! So cool!
On December 3, 2004, my family and I walked beneath Endeavour. The video is on here.
On July 8th, 2011, my family and I watched the STS-135 Atlantis launch from the stands at Banana Creek.
On April 17, 2012, my late brother in law and I were there as Discovery was officially retired at Udvar Hazy. We'd ridden our motorcycles through a rainstorm the day before and spent the night in Hagerstown.
And Enterprise is in her glide test configuration
We’ve also got pieces of the Columbia in Texas
@@UmmYeahOkthere’s also a piece of challenger and Columbia in a smaller exhibit in the building atlantis is displayed in
So awesome and inspiring! I've seen the shuttle exhibit at the Science Center a few times and love it. Can't wait for the final launch configuration setup to be finished and opened to the public!
We drove from the Bay Area to see the King Tut exhibit not aware the space shuttle was there 🙃 It was so awesome seeing it! Space and history next to each other. There was a tiny model of this project displayed, so cool seeing it actually being done!
As LA resident and having visited shuttle at its present location. I can’t wait to go back and see it in its launch position when it opens. I’m sure it will inspire the next generation of engineers and astronauts.
When we were stationed at Vandeberg AFB in California, my wife was in the USAF, the Space Shuttle was carried over the Command Building. They did a "Wing Salute" to General Helms, a former astronaut with the Shuttle Program. It was very exciting to watch it, along with the chase planes, stream across the Base on it's way to it's final home in L.A. Between my Grandparents working at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, in Houston, to my Brother in Law, Being the Final Inspector of the Shuttle Landing and Retrofits at Edward's AFB in Lancaster CA. My family has a close relationship with NASA. Semper Fidelis American Patriots 🙂😊🙃😉👍🙏🦅🗽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
this is absolutely the right thing to do with our space travel history. A GREAT IDEA.
Good to see the “New Kid” get her props…..Challenger was my favorite shuttle she was the workhorse for the early and mid 80s…..Endeavor stepped up to that role later on…..Maybe one day i will actually get to stand in the presence of one of these mighty machines
I saw Discovery at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum about 5 years ago. Absolutely awe inspiring to stand next to her. I wish Columbia had been there, but incredible nonetheless. I highly recommend it.
Just like Cornelius said discovery is in Virginia at the Smithsonian Atlantis is at Kennedy space center in Florida and endeavor is going to be in LA
I’ve seen Atlantis like 5 times and the reveal for it makes me cry every time
This is so awesome to see this transition! I remember seeing the shuttle fly past my school in 2012 and then getting to see the exhibit 1st week of opening. I only wish they could have set it up in a way to see or walk into parts of the space shuttle like they have in Houston. The cockpit would be amazing to interact with too. Endeavor and what NASA does has inspired me to study engineering as I'm currently doing!🚀
Glad to see this is finally happening. I believe this proposed exhibit was the reason the center was chosen to receive on of the actual orbiters, over many other competitors.
Yes! That is exactly why they were chosen. They promised to go all out with the display
One question the reporter didnt ask, which I wanted to know......California is not stranger to earthquakes. Will the spacecraft/boosters be safe if there is an earthquake?
yes! That is when the launch protocol is activated and they will go into the stratosphere where they will safely wait until the earthquake is over.
The shuttle stack is seismically isolated from the earth using technology also common in large buildings. NASA still has a lot of say in how the shuttles are preserved and has very strict requirements. My understanding is that the California science center went above and beyond those requirements went ensuring the preservation of the stack.
I’m sure they didn’t take that into account.
@@d.b.1176 They did plan and build for stability during earthquakes.
Endeavour will twang again
Absolutely incredible - so happy to hear this is happening, I MUST go see it at some point. Just went to the top of my bucket list very, very quickly!
I remember when it arrived to LA. Everyone was like a little kid, just amazed and in awe. It brought the whole city togethrer
It’s a real shame that nobody will be able to visit the interior once it’s in position. But it will look spectacular!
No one was really able too once she was in her hanger in the museum. A small price to pay considering the award is seeing her in her launch position
I found out about this two years ago and now it's finally happening! This is gonna be so EPIC!!! 🤯
I plan to travel the 6000 miles to see this when it's all done. My bucket list is short as is my time left on this planet. I should of done a trip to see a real launch when it was in use but put work first. I hope I last long enough to see it.
don't forget to visit the souvenir shop
I'll say a prayer for you... don't forget to post the video of the visit.
Hope it stands well during a strong earthquake.
These guys need to purchase a pair of fully loaded, solid rocket boosters. Put the booster on the side and also come up with the way to open the roof of the building. 50 years from now, the people of Los Angeles made aside they want to take this thing for a joyride. I gotta tell you I would watch that. Also, add a 3:15 system that can fuel the external tank.
You should make more space and put SLS in this museum.
SLS is still in service. whether you like it or not.
Seeing this behemoth fly over LA, land at LAX, carefully transported through the streets of LA, and being across the street while I was at USC was such a privilege. I can't wait to see it in full stack with my son!
May be a reason to visit LA after all
Dude got to sit in the space shuttle !! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
My school district named all of their elementary schools after space shuttles. I went to Endeavor. (Yes there is challenger and columbia too 😬) we had NASA people come one time it was really cool.
Anyone else get the pain of seeing the Blueprint visual. of the space shuttle attached to the Artemis rocket
NASA: We got a story about a space thing coming up.
Media Writers: How about “… is out of this world!”
I'm glad this guy appreciated just how special it was to get to sit inside that space shuttle cockpit. For any space geek like myself that would be such a dream come true!
I would have thought of the Columbia astronauts, and wept.
My father would be proud to see this.
Had a gaming friend in our Counter Strike Clan in 2006 who said she worked for NASA. I finally asked her what she did. She said that she was on one of the landing recovery teams that would be at the shuttle landings and go onboard to remove experiments, trash, make safe many of the systems. I was like "WHAT!" I told her she would be able to tell some great stories to her grandchildren at the museums when the shuttles retired! To her, it was just a job!
A remarkable achievement!
I’ve seen endeavour before, discovery in DC and Atlantis at KSC. Definitely will go see endeavour again once she’s vertical
December 3, 2004, I walked beneath Endeavour at the Orbiter Processing Facility at KSC with my wife and son.
Interesting that you can get into the driver's seat without having to use a "bunny suit", or protective clothing. The reason for the PCs is to protect the shuttle controls from body oils, hair, and skin cells.
Great to see Denis Jenkins again. Still working with his favorite airplane.
Really good reporting … thanks 🙏
This is awesome and inspiring. How can anybody not be WOWED looking at and standing near this 👍👍
I had absolutely no role in the Space Shuttle program except to help pay for it. Well worth the price.
Oh man, what an experience that will be.
To see one of the most iconic pieces of machinery and technology, ever built by humans,
at the centre of the beautiful exhibit.
Maybe some day I'll be able to make it across the Atlantic and pay it a visit.
You could actually touch the nose wheel before. Touching it made a lasting impression on me.
Being an architect/engineer at heart, I have to ask the question - how long can the shuttle full stack structure last? All materials fatigue when under stress, so what happens in 20-30 years when stress cracks begin forming in the external fuel tank and SRB's? Are they going to tear down the building in order to unstack it?
As long as there something holding the structure up. The boosters are attached to the ground and the tank and orbiter might be held up by something… like either wires or something, like shuttle Atlantis.
So it would last until it needs to be maintained again
The rockets in Huntsville Alabama were there for a very long time and they are dealing with the pain a lot better than actual aircrafts with metal fatigue
But when the shuttle exhibit is finished, the stack will be no longer exposed to the elements and as maintaining the stack, it would be a while to eliminate the material fatigue but it will be worth it, just like what NASA did to Atlantis.
As an engineer you should know that routine inspections are mandatory.
@@russellh8702 yep
@@russellh8702 well sure, as they should be. But inspections don't provide remediation. What, if anything, has been considered if such inspections down the road determine that the stack is no longer viable? Will they have to demolish the building around it in order to de-stack the orbiter? Let's hope that this has already been considered as a possible outcome, and mitigation can be accomplished with less drastic methods 😊
The Shuttle, tank, and boosters were designed to stay in place while the shuttle's main engines were fired up over a few seconds, just before the explosive bolts fire, the SRBs ignite and they lift off. That indicates that the core structure holding the Shuttle stack together is going to be pretty strong.
We have Homeless Vets in this country yet we’re rebuilding a Relic that serves No Purpose. How Honorable is this.
That sounds awesome!
hope museum will remain there forever
One thing was never answered. Who is in that framed photo that was there sitting on the console between the Commander's and Pilot's seat on the flight deck?
Samuel Oschin. The largest donor for the project. It's going to be housed in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
It looks great, too!
Don’t let Peter Griffin anywhere near that. 😂
I've seen the Atlantis, but I really want to see this when it's done too now.
The Atlantis exhibit is so so cool. I love how they designed it to look like it was in space. The presentation of it is so well done.
boosters are now stacked now to lift the tank in there and finally Endeavour before they close the roof.
This guy speaking sounds like the guy we used to hear from Pittsburgh on the news 👍🏼
Not even close
Protect it from weather!
1:18 Do I see an SLS trying to launch a Space Shuttle in the background?
nice 🤣
NASA takes a page from the Soviets for a _Buran_ launch style.
This is one of those ideas that Thousands of people have had but just brushed it off as not financially doable. Ive seen the Saturn 5 up close, ive been to the rocket garden, but one thing i never got to see growing up was a full stacked shuttle. I lived In Brevard county about an hour away, the space shuttles returning from orbit woke me up with their sonic booms yet i never got to see one upright. Im going to have to fix that now!
One of my Greatest Disappointments was not being able to capture a photo of the Space Shuttle, riding on the back of it's 747 Transport Aircraft, over Clear Lake adjacent to NASA Houston!?!! I was just coming back from surfing in Galveston, when we stopped at a pier on the lake, at a Park across from NASA. The Shuttle/747 had just refueled at Ellington AFB & was taking off for it's final trip to the Kennedy Space Center for it's First Flight!?!! So, it's not something you'd expect to see flying over the Lake, with it's reflection, glistening in the water, so I ran through the park hollering "does anybody have a Camera"??? Unfortunately, it was not to happen!?!! All I could think about after, was how many Newspapers would have ran that picture!?!! 😮😢😅😊😂 Semper Fidelis American Patriots 🤔😌😜👍🙏🦅🗽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@carrolbrooks2143I need to post the video taken by the employees at the Potomac River power station on here. I was working at Elrama and when I saw the flight path I sent an email to my counterparts and asked them to take pictures.
The next morning, my inbox was filled with pictures and videos. They thanked me and said that it was so close that they could almost touch it.
How about a Saturn V rocket displayed vertically for the next big milestone!
They should put the Apollo Saturn V vertical as well. could you imagine!
That is so cool!
Hope the scaffolders made some good money on that project.
Visiting LA area soon - can't wait to have the area completely off limits. Man, couldn't have happened at a worst time 😞🤬
Epic. But also, can we please get the crew access arm attached? so we can buy tickets to a simulated launch twang experience inside the real thing?
Wait till 30 years from now when they want a starship and super heavy booster display lol
Wait! The shuttle Endeavor is being set up in its pre-launch configuration. How can this be called an "Out of This World" display? It happens to be very in world, supposedly waiting for launch.
It would be even better if it was moved to Houston.
That’s going to be amazing
I personally think being able to see the inside is more important than having it in launch position but what do I know. A mockup of the orbiter would have been better to have vertical as we already know the boosters are just the skins.
Yess . It’s a shame the Russian Brian/energia couldn’t have been preserved.
It was, it’s in a playground, if my memory serves me right, you might need to google it, but l don’t think it was scrapped,
I am sure it will look great but I believe Kennedy Space Center knocked it out of the park with their exhibit
By the way, if you go to Kennedy space Center there is one there this is not the only one in the world like it. There is another one except this one and the boosters are both together as one full system. Hopefully that’s what he meant.
This is kind of good ime i'm wondering when they're launching it.
Now that is cool
Awesome.
Am I the only one who noticed that the rendering of the shuttle in the background is actually an SLS rocket instead of the external fuel tank?
And the only one who is kinda bothered by it but also intrigued? 1:17
If you ever get to chance to see the shuttle up close it's actually fine upright.
Hang on … all the external fuel tanks were expended in flight, so where did this EFT come from? (Not dissing it, just confused.)
Brilliant
When they showed the cockpit, there is a framed picture of a guy wearing sunglasses on the console. Wonder who it is and why? Minute 2:22 of the video.
Why WOULDN'T you want it standing like it was about to launch?
Lucky guy
VERY COOL
She's beautiful
Too many cuts in this segment. Out of control.
The images of this incredible thing flying by while piggybacking a plane are so awesome. Seeing this in person would have been amazing. 🫢😍
Nice
Would have preferred to have the ability to go inside of it- if just for a small peak…
Awesome!
Go dad!
No
I Think I Might Have To Detour To California When I'm On My HoneyMoon 😃. I'll Have To Tell My Wife That I Want To See The SPACE SHUTTLE 😃
It would be better if they keep it in it's current position as you can walk around the whole thing (including underneath it), which is incredibly impressive. They should have spent the money making it so you could see or sit in the cockpit. Maybe charge people extra to sit in there. They could have always made a cheap replica for the outside exhibit.
I would imagine they'll be stripping every ounce they can from the interior.
@@dougsandison3217Part of the contract governing the placement of the orbiters is that they be maintained in as close to operating condition as possible. NASA reserves the right to recall the orbiters to active service.
@@spaceflight1019 Oh, ok. That's cool. I didn't know that.
@@dougsandison3217 I remember when they did that, and people laughed and said "What, so Bruce Willis can go drill some asteroid?" LOL!
@@spaceflight1019 Haha well I guess it's like that old saying goes...
I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it!
For the bit on the need for more engineers than astronauts, the university I'm at all the engineering classes I'm in are basically full of mechanical engineers. Hardly any bio, chemical, or even civil. So, where I'm at, there's not going to be a shortage.
Yeah stand it up just in case some folks have to fly out to soace
“The only space shuttle displayed like this… IN THE WORLD!”
Erm, the shuttle was an American project. Of course there’s no others around the world! 🤷🏻♂️
notice the choice of words "like this" implies that there are other space shuttles, but none that are stacked vertically. The buran I think is in a playground, atlantis is on display horizontally as if its in orbit, and discovery is in the landing position
Your sitting in my spot get out boy
Out this world..... So is it going to be on display in orbit ?
WOW
Omg I’ve been under endever
This is dumb… I went to see endeavor… they didn’t let anyone inside of it… how is that supposed to be inspirational? Someone could 3d print a model of it and put it on display… getting up close and personal is more inspirational… so now they are going to make it even harder to check out!!!! AWESOME!
Go into the museum. You go into the room its in and you see a shuttle that is in its launch position that totals 150 feet. humans are barely 6 feet at most. Its inspiration to see something so large standing upright ready to launch.
It should be in Houston that’s where It is supposed to to be that where head quarters is ?❤❤❤❤❤ NASA is .
NO SMOKING! 🚬
Great for Endeavor but how many homeless Californians could have been housed, fed and integrated back into society for the building costs, overrun spending, and land usage?
I don't think I like this idea. It will be harder to see.
so what happens when an earthquake hits?
Cool
The real thing is being able to go inside, now it will be locked, not great.
It is good that they want to put the space shuttle on Display for people to see at launch position. The one question i have is that when our former President George Bush was in office did he actually have the authority to decommission the space shuttle due to safety?
As iconic as the shuttle program was, it was a terribly overpriced and dangerous design. There were many oversights such as
1) No launch escape system for the crew
2) Solid rocket boosters don't allow engine shutoff
3) $2 Billion launch cost vs. Starships' $185 Million
@@SavageSalad69Starship is not complete, and Space shuttle is a different beast from a different era. Also, not sure if starship will have a launch escape system either
Obama was the one who put the nail on the coffin... I was mad, as he gave the keys to private endeavors. No pun intended... But now, I thank him, as Spacex is doing things I never thought possible.
@@SavageSalad69 at least shuttle and starship are better than Ares 1X
@goldgamercommenting2990 space shuttle was Good program.