Enterprise to the Intrepid

[rfd...@optonline.net]

Just curious as to how they're going to transport the Shuttle to the Intrepid
and get it on board. From what I read, it weighs about 165,000 pounds empty. I
would imagine that's more than a helicopter can handle. Will they use a crane
to get it on a barge from JFK then float it to the Hudson? Another crane to get
it on deck? At any rate, I can't wait to get down there and see it.

[Greg (Strider) Moore]

wrote in message news:mgoup75gjo3v4mqn4...@4ax.com...

Yes. One of the most high-tech aircraft will be moved by one of the most
low-tech craft: barge.


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[Brian Thorn]

I think she'll just roll onto the barge at JFK. Barge and cranes at
the Intrepid. I'm still not sure if the cranes are going to on the
barge, on the pier, or on the Intrepid, though.

Wait until Endeavour's drive through the streets of LA. I just wonder
it if will have graffiti on it and missing its tires by the time it
gets to the California Science Center... :-)

Brian

[rfd...@optonline.net]

On Tue, 01 May 2012 00:13:49 -0400, rfd...@optonline.net wrote:

I meant to also ask, is the Enterprise's move to the Intrepid a change of plans
on it's location? I watched a two hour show on the Shuttle a week or so ago, and
at the end, the told where all the shuttles were going, and there was no mention
of the Intrepid.

[Greg (Strider) Moore]

wrote in message news:ole0q7lcnfhfl3i7l...@4ax.com...

Nope, no change in plans. Not sure what program that was or why they'd
leave out the Intrepid.

[Alan Erskine]

What effect will constant exposure to weather (specifically, rain) going
to have on the tiles?

[Brian Thorn]

a. She only has fake tiles

b. She'll be under a tent enclosure. Not perfect, but better than the
months spent sitting outside the VAB at Kennedy in the '80s

Brian

[Alan Erskine]

Of course! Enterprise. Sorry for forgetting that beautiful bird.

[Jeff Findley]

In article <GQYnr.6412$v14...@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com>,
alan.e...@bigpond.com says...

It will be in a climate controlled enclosure.

Jeff
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[JF Mezei]

Brian Thorn wrote:

> Wait until Endeavour's drive through the streets of LA. I just wonder
> it if will have graffiti on it and missing its tires by the time it
> gets to the California Science Center... :-)

Hopefully the folks from Paramount will graffiti "NCC 1701" on its side :-)

[Greg (Strider) Moore]

"JF Mezei" wrote in message
news:4fa18b3a$0$21396$c3e8da3$96d6...@news.astraweb.com...

That joke might have worked better if we were talking about Enterprise and
not Endeavour.

[Brian Thorn]

On Wed, 2 May 2012 08:40:55 -0400, Jeff Findley
<jeff.f...@nospam.ugs.com> wrote:


>> What effect will constant exposure to weather (specifically, rain) going
>> to have on the tiles?
>
>It will be in a climate controlled enclosure.

Eventually, when it moves across the street. At first, I think it will
just be under a glorified tent.

Brian

[Jeff Findley]

In article <oee3q7pe9p12it37f...@4ax.com>, bthorn64
@suddenlink.net says...

A climate controlled tent. That's far better than the fate of the
Skylab trainer in Alabama. Someone should be tanken out and shot for
letting that piece of space history literally rot in a parking lot. :-(

[Snidely]

rfd...@optonline.net submitted this idea :

And now it's done:

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/7162026543/in/photostream>

/dps

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