On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:16:40 -0000, Jim Logajan wrote:

"NW_Pilot" wrote:
What they have a extra space shuttle just laying around some place?

Plans are to retire all the space shuttles by 2010. So 3 will be available
for show-and-tell in a few years. The National Air and Space Museum already
has the Enterprise....

....and will probably get one of the three remaining operational shuttles, too.
I'm guessing either Cape Canaveral or Houston will get another. It'll probably
depend on which party is in power in 2010, but my guess is that the last one
will probably go to either California or New York.

Now, the NASM *might* give up Enterprise, and the smaller museums might get to
try for it.

Ron Wanttaja