Cool =3

Aww man, that sucks that your state didn't win possession of the shuttle. I had already heard one was coming to the Air & Space here in DC, but didn't know where the others were going to end up.

Ahh well. At least it gives a good excuse for a road trip!

Too bad about the shuttle.
Isn't John Glenn originally from Ohio?

Today is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight in Vostok 1.

In 1996 I visited the Smithsonian Air and Space museum, looking into John Glenn's teensy little capsule, I can see why the first astronauts called themselves, "Spam in a can."

Vostok 1 had one thing different most people don't know about, it had an ejection seat, since the capsule landed at a hig speed into the Russian plains.
Gagarin would have been injured, but by ejecting he came down at a normal speed, like a parachutist.

John Glenn and Neil Armstrong both.

*Arches a brow.* Not Houston? Fascinating...what did Los Angeles have to do with the shuttle program?

God knows universal probly bought to make a new theme park out of.

LA gets one, in part, to put one on the West coast.

It's New York that's the head-scratcher., (most likely based on "number of people who will see it").

Man, this sucks! Other states of U.S.A. get the goods, and Ohio gets nothing but scraps!
I'm from Ohio, and I know there are famous people born from this state. (For Example: The Wright Brothers. Neal Armstrong.
And of course, Eric W. Schwartz).

Personaly I think that retiring the shuttles, while inevitable due to their age, was a bad idea.
The replacement shuttle designs were all shelved years ago werent they? So, back to good old rockets...
Yeah thats advancement for you.
I can honestly believe that the next big thing in Earth-Orbit vehicles will be privately funded. Very likley there'll be a big V on the side of it.

At least Soyuz is still operating... going strong after 45 years

So then.... Nanbara Connection or Big Falcon? Though I don't remember Combattler or Voltes making unassisted orbital launches offhand...

Going "back" to rockets is, in part, due to expendable launch vehicles costing less per trip than reusable launch vehicles.

Personally, I'm hoping the Falcon Heavy pans out.

Sorry Eric. Maybe next time. Hang in there. *pats your shoulder*

I would have put Ohio or Washington State ahead of New York myself. On the other hand, Dayton might have been seen as favoring the USAF over the Navy...

Dang it

While the news is disappointing the Dayton Air Force museum itself never leaves me disappointed even without any shuttle exhibit. I've made three visits in the past five years when the big air show was going on and I look forward to going back every chance I get. Amusingly enough whenever I think of the space program and Ohio I'm reminded of a quote by Stephen Colbert when interviewing an Ohio congressman: "Twenty-two astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about your state that makes people want to flee the Earth?"

Oh well, at least you guys have that over glorified Hard Rock CafeThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

So, both the birthplace of aviation and the Johnson Space Center get passed over for Los Angeles? Outrageous!
Oh well, at least we've still got a Gemini capsule and a Saturn V on display. I need to go over and take a tour sometime, haven't been in a long time.

Um, I'm in Los Angeles. My father helped BUILD it here.

So yeah, I'm very very happy we'll have a shuttle here.

I did not know that they were built there, and didn't know L.A. was one of the places being considered. I honestly haven't paid much attention to where the shuttles were going, other than hearing about the one going to the Smithsonian. It's only fitting that one should return to where they were made, guess I should have read up on it.

The engines for every liquid-fueled from Redstone through to the Shuttle was built in Canoga Park, my hometown. And most of the major assembly was done elsewhere in the county. No wonder we're all space cadets in this city. =};-3

NASA couldn't build a life preserver to save a drowning man. It's better to leave space travel development in the hands of the private sector.

I can't believe we are celebrating the dismantling of our space program. I feel ashamed for my country.

Bunch of bull. WPAFB should have received one.

Such a crock that Intrepid gets one, especially after what they did to Concorde.

No one ever cares about us. SW Kansas.

As least you can go an see ANY of the Shuttle Orbiters close-up and in person without requiring a passport, US entry visa and 12+ hours trans-oceanic flying to do so...

My once-in-a-lifetime closest approach to actual Shuttle hardware was when I got within a couple of miles of Endeavour on pad 39-A on a tour of KSC in 2002. Missed seeing an actual launch by THAT much...!

I ncannot believe that one of them is going to California, but NOT to the Johnson Space Center here is SW Texas. DID PEOPLE SUDDENLY FORGET WHERE THEY LANDED THE SHUTTLES?!? I thought so.

finally thouse things are getting retired

That really sucks. :( At least it seems everyone is being relatively cool about it.