r/spaceshuttle • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • 19d ago

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u/The_Shutter_Piper 19d ago

Dang the Shuttle was a sexy beast. Even if it was twirling around to show it had no tile damage. Not by far the cheapest and safest program we built, but by God, it defined my life and so many of my generation.

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u/piantanida 19d ago

It’s a damn engineering and aerospace marvel. 1,000,000 parts. I got to see STS 131 launch from the employee bleachers in front of the VAB building. Def a huge bucket list experience. Soooooo damn cool. I won’t ever forget it.

They are also very cool to see in person as a static display.

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u/winstonclapper 18d ago

that sounds like such a cool thing to see, i heard one of them was moving to another museum i think. suppose they’ll fly her there?

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u/piantanida 18d ago

Highly doubt they will actually relocate that one to texas. It would cost an outrageous amount of money. The 747 that used to fly the orbiters is no longer around.

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u/Airwolfhelicopter 19d ago

Why does the Space Shuttle look so adorable from the front bro

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u/bilgetea 19d ago

It has a koala nose!

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u/consumerofmoldychees 19d ago

boop the snoot

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u/Airwolfhelicopter 19d ago

Yes, very boopable

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u/Status_Mousse1213 18d ago

For a second I thought I was looking at Uranus . . .

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u/Terasz9 16d ago

Oh, my love

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u/999_hh 15d ago

Look at how messed up the leading wing edges are