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Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City

Posted by timothy on from the eternal-city-or-500-years-whichever-comes-first dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Bloomberg reports that New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and a bipartisan delegation of 17 US representatives from New York and New Jersey have sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden calling for the agency to place a shuttle aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. A former aircraft carrier, Intrepid served as one of NASA's recovery vehicles for early space flights. Intrepid officials have gathered almost 57,000 signatures on a petition to bring an orbiter to New York, and NASA is weighing 21 bids from visitors' centers, science museums and educational institutions eager to host one of the three aging space shuttles that will be retired this year. 'These are going to be like the Mona Lisa,' says space historian John Logsdon, referring to Leonardo da Vinci's iconic 1506 portrait of a woman in Florence that remains on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. 'The primary criteria for the shuttles' location will be the stability of the site and whether the chosen institutions can exhibit them for the next 500 years.'"

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  1. Error 503 Service Unavailable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have insulted Islam!

    1. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Shakrai · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      *sigh*

      You are completely offtopic but I'm still fuming over the fact that Comedy Central has no balls and I can't watch the new South Park because a handful of nutjobs threatened to throw bombs. I want to go create a website that depicts the Prophet Mohammad in all manner of compromising poses. Not because I don't respect Islam, but because I regard free speech as sacrosanct. Free speech > your right not to be offended.

      Besides, I'm in the United States. If one of the whack jobs comes after me I can find out how effective the .45 ACP really is as a man stopper.....

      Fucking spineless cowards. The Europeans have the backbone to stand up to this nonsense but we don't? When the hell did that happen?

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      I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
    2. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by harley78 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So, make a website that "sacriligiouses" Mohammad? I think they're pussies too(Matt, Trey and terrorists.) Like someone said, come to my house, I'll show you what a 7.62 does to a piece of meat.

    3. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Shakrai · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I don't think the South Park guys are pussies, unless you think they should break their contract with Viacom and REALLY make a statement. I suppose they could -- they have enough money by now -- but they probably don't relish the idea of spending the next decade in court writing checks to lawyers. Viacom are the real pussies here. They allow the South Park guys to insult every religion under the sun, alienating powerful political figures and advertising partners, but fold like a cheap suit when confronted with a handful of Muslim extremists that don't even have a base of operations on American soil. Pathetic.

      +1 on the 7.62. Freedom isn't free as they say. Try and force your religious beliefs on me with violence and you'll discover that violence is a two way street.

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      I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
    4. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by RoFLKOPTr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I don't think the South Park guys are pussies, unless you think they should break their contract with Viacom and REALLY make a statement. I suppose they could -- they have enough money by now -- but they probably don't relish the idea of spending the next decade in court writing checks to lawyers. Viacom are the real pussies here. They allow the South Park guys to insult every religion under the sun, alienating powerful political figures and advertising partners, but fold like a cheap suit when confronted with a handful of Muslim extremists that don't even have a base of operations on American soil. Pathetic.

      +1 on the 7.62. Freedom isn't free as they say. Try and force your religious beliefs on me with violence and you'll discover that violence is a two way street.

      Well for starters, it was Comedy Central that inserted the bleeps. They didn't even tell the South Park crew to do it... they just did it before it went on air. Also, these Muslim extremists that posted the threats are based in New York. But... if [some major newspaper i dont remember] is right, the leader of this group was born Jewish by the name of Joseph Cohen before he converted to Islam and changed his name to some Muslim name. He also has pictures of himself with guns and bombs strapped to him on this site. Basically, he's a wannabe terrorist fuckhead and should not be taken seriously except in the case of throwing his stupid ass in jail.

    5. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by flyneye · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You're both pussies unless you've sent your $30 to Bob.
      The Xists will show you plenty of violence and don't care about your handguns as they slip a tentacle up your ass to put on a handpuppet show.
            You took God and turned him to clipart. We took clipart and turned it into God.
      Get Slack Pink Boys!

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    6. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Shompol · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Can we use the same methods? Fight terror with terror. Say, someone assassinating those who call for murder?
      http://europenews.dk/en/node/14505

    7. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      They allow the South Park guys to insult every religion under the sun, alienating powerful political figures and advertising partners, but fold like a cheap suit when confronted with a handful of Muslim extremists that don't even have a base of operations on American soil.

      Han: But 'powerful political figures and advertising partners' don't rip peoples ARMS out of their SOCKETS when they LOSE.
      C3PO: I suggest a new strategy: Let the Islam win.

    8. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Shakrai · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You'll never be able to open your mailbox or your trashcan without thinking that it might rip your hands off.

      Speak for yourself. I would not allow myself to live my life in fear in such a manner.

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      I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
    9. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Shakrai · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Do you really think they'll show up at your door with a turban and a single shot pistol?

      Oh, and sorry to reply twice, but that's pretty much what they did here. It's not going to be an organized attack. It will be one or two nutjobs who answer the call for violence. I would take my chances with that. And let's just say that as an American I would not be hiding in a panic room waiting for the police to come and save me. Mr. Westergaard is a walking and talking argument for the right to keep and bear arms.

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      I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
    10. Re:Error 503 Service Unavailable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mr. Westergaard is a walking and talking argument for the right to keep and bear arms.

      That guy is a pussy. He left his grandchild alone with the attacker while he retreated to his "panic room"? Pathetic.

  2. You Fa1l It!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    future. even own agenda - give

  3. Headline... by damn_registrars · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I think you guys probably could have come up with a better headline than

    Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City

    A headline that vague leaves wide open to the reader what the lawmakers want to do with the shuttle. Are they asking for a working shuttle, or a decommissioned one? Do they want a launch pad for the next generation fo billionaires, or do they want a museum? Do they want the current shuttle, or do they actually want the vehicle that will replace it?

    It's too bad slashdot doesn't employ anyone with journalism or editing experience, they would have caught that and come up with a more meaningful headline.

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