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Space Shuttle Collides With Bridge In New York

Posted by timothy on from the all-this-to-avoid-the-tunnel-toll dept.

First time accepted submitter AbrasiveCat writes "While transporting the space shuttle Enterprise to its new home at the Intrepid Museum, a gust of wind caught the shuttle and pushed a wing tip into the South Channel Subway Bridge. With any luck it was just the protective covering that was damaged. Ah, New York traffic."

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  1. It was on a boat by wookaru · · Score: 5, Informative

    The summary should reflect that the Space Shuttle was being transported on top of a barge at the time of collision. Very low speed impact, very little damage. Headline is misleadingly catastrophic.

    1. Re:It was on a boat by TWX · · Score: 5, Informative

      Low speed doesn't mean little damage necessarily.

      A barge is fairly heavy, and if it's being pulled with the current, there's a whole lot of energy behind it. The shuttle could act like the crumple zone on a car in a collision, essentially being crushed in the process of slowing or stopping the barge.

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    2. Re:It was on a boat by MBAFK · · Score: 5, Informative

      This page is more informative and has the damage photos: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060412a.html

      Doesn't look too bad.

  2. Ambiguities by michaelmalak · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are many ambiguities in the summary.

    1. The bridge was over water, not a roadway.

    2. This was neither caused by "New York traffic" nor did it disrupt (land) traffic.

    3. The protective covering that was damaged was on the Enterprise, not the bridge.

    4. You can view photos of the damage yourself.