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We Have Liftoff: Shuttle Enterprise Is Coming To The Intrepid!
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 12, 2011
Modified Apr 12, 2011
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L-R: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher; DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Spock, series creator Gene Rodenberry, unnamed NASA official, Walter Koenig.
While NASA still hasn't made an official announcement, sources say that the Shuttle Enterprise will be landing in New York City! It's final trip will have it landing on the deck of the Intrepid (okay, so it will probably be towed there), where later today they'll be screening the official announcement on a 40-foot wall.
The exciting news comes after months and months of lobbying for a shuttle... but why did we get the shuttle that isn't even capable of flight, and has never orbited space?! On the upside, in 1976 it was greeted by the cast members from the Star Trek television series. So that's... something.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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