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A friend of mine was the official photographer for the move of the Shuttle to the museum in LA. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtJA0PPWm3/?img_index=1 https://ww

by sib 2y ago

A friend of mine was the official photographer for the move of the Shuttle to the museum in LA. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtJA0PPWm3/?img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtJA0PPWm3/?img_index=1

bcrosby95 2y ago
It's actually smaller than I expected. It always appeared so much larger in the launch pictures.
- sib 2y ago
  I agree - they've recently repositioned it vertically (as it would be launched). I was at the museum a few weeks ago and it is definitely smaller than you'd think.
- dylan604 2y ago
  The fact it could ride piggyback on a 747 shows either how small the shuttle was or how big a 747 is. Either way, it was cool to see
  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    I've seen a Space Shuttle up-close (in a museum): it's big. The 747 is just gargantuan.
- whartung 2y ago
  The original display at the California Science Center, the one they are currently replacing, had the shuttle in a large room, and about 9-10 feet off the ground. You might have been able to touch it if you jumped up. It was a very intimate encounter with the shuttle. It's big enough to be amazing, small enough to be comprehensible in human scale. I was really quite awestruck being in its presence. (Did you know all of the heat tiles has serial numbers? In hindsight, "of course the did", they were probably all unique in their shape. But it was one of those things you discover when your nose is 4 feet away from the bottom of the craft.) That said, I can hardly wait for the new display, with the shuttle in launch form, mounted on the external tank with the SRBs. Seeing the designs they have, you'll actually still have a "close encounter" with this craft, despite its size. The rear of the shuttle will be quite close to the ground. It's going to be, I think, a very exciting exhibit.
ceejayoz 2y ago
I wish it were feasible to occasionally take it out for a parade again. What a lovely moment that was.

by sib 2y ago

bcrosby95 2y ago

It's actually smaller than I expected. It always appeared so much larger in the launch pictures.

sib 2y ago
I agree - they've recently repositioned it vertically (as it would be launched). I was at the museum a few weeks ago and it is definitely smaller than you'd think.
dylan604 2y ago
The fact it could ride piggyback on a 747 shows either how small the shuttle was or how big a 747 is. Either way, it was cool to see
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  I've seen a Space Shuttle up-close (in a museum): it's big. The 747 is just gargantuan.
whartung 2y ago
The original display at the California Science Center, the one they are currently replacing, had the shuttle in a large room, and about 9-10 feet off the ground. You might have been able to touch it if you jumped up. It was a very intimate encounter with the shuttle. It's big enough to be amazing, small enough to be comprehensible in human scale. I was really quite awestruck being in its presence. (Did you know all of the heat tiles has serial numbers? In hindsight, "of course the did", they were probably all unique in their shape. But it was one of those things you discover when your nose is 4 feet away from the bottom of the craft.) That said, I can hardly wait for the new display, with the shuttle in launch form, mounted on the external tank with the SRBs. Seeing the designs they have, you'll actually still have a "close encounter" with this craft, despite its size. The rear of the shuttle will be quite close to the ground. It's going to be, I think, a very exciting exhibit.

ceejayoz 2y ago

I wish it were feasible to occasionally take it out for a parade again. What a lovely moment that was.