Comments on: Shuttle Endeavour transits Los Angeles this weekend, en route to her final resting place http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1556195 Brainspore Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1556195 Any Angelino can tell you it's a pain in the butt to catch a shuttle from LAX. Any Angelino can tell you it’s a pain in the butt to catch a shuttle from LAX.

]]> By: Mark Hennessy-Barrett http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555979 Mark Hennessy-Barrett Sat, 13 Oct 2012 08:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555979 I really really do and *really really don't* want to drive out to see her on her final voyage tomorrow.  On the one hand; Hey!  Spaceship!  Brilliant! On the other, she's in a bloody hearse, basically.  This is her going to her interment, where her gutted body will lay in state. I'd rather visit SpaceX and see the new babies, I think. I really really do and *really really don’t* want to drive out to see her on her final voyage tomorrow.  On the one hand; Hey!  Spaceship!  Brilliant!

On the other, she’s in a bloody hearse, basically.  This is her going to her interment, where her gutted body will lay in state.

I’d rather visit SpaceX and see the new babies, I think.

]]> By: bzishi http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555940 bzishi Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555940 Nah, the Space Shuttle looks the way it does due to its cargo bay. Take a look at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser" rel="nofollow">Dream Chaser</a> design. I don't know how I feel about another space plane after the cost overruns with the Space Shuttle, but the Dream Chaser design is pretty kickass. Nah, the Space Shuttle looks the way it does due to its cargo bay. Take a look at the Dream Chaser design. I don’t know how I feel about another space plane after the cost overruns with the Space Shuttle, but the Dream Chaser design is pretty kickass.

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555934 anansi133 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555934  Yikes! for as much money as they're spending on the move, they could have just built a new museum around the ship.  Yikes! for as much money as they’re spending on the move, they could have just built a new museum around the ship.

]]> By: Bauart http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555879 Bauart Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555879 It's an old design, but you know... Every future orbital spacecraft [until anti-gravity is perfected] that by design must fly into space, and then maneuver thru a dense atmosphere and glide to a safe landing, will by necessity, look almost exactly like this. It’s an old design, but you know… Every future orbital spacecraft [until anti-gravity is perfected] that by design must fly into space, and then maneuver thru a dense atmosphere and glide to a safe landing, will by necessity, look almost exactly like this.

]]> By: Gary L. Dryfoos http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555867 Gary L. Dryfoos Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555867 It's nice to see the corpse of the American space program being treated with such reverence. It’s nice to see the corpse of the American space program being treated with such reverence.

]]> By: Seth M. Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/shuttle-endeavour-transits-los.html#comment-1555820 Seth M. Baker Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187218#comment-1555820 When I first saw the sign in the photo, I imagined for a moment that Citibank had repossessed the Endeavor for too many missed payments.  When I first saw the sign in the photo, I imagined for a moment that Citibank had repossessed the Endeavor for too many missed payments. 

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