Space Shuttle Items For Sale Soon VIa GSA Auction

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Space Shuttle Items For Sale Soon VIa GSA Auction

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 22, 2012 @12:29AM from the prepare-the-sniping-software dept.

shortyadamk writes "According to the Government Services Administration auction page: 'Attention GSA Auctions bidders and interested participants. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Space Shuttle Program has retired and NASA has partnered with GSA Auctions to sell the many shuttle related items through a series of auctions in 2012.' The only catch is that you must be a U.S. Citizen and schedule a visit 48 hours ahead of time to pick up your item. I'm not really sure which piece of the shuttle I'd want the most... Those robotic arms are pretty sweet."

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Slashdotted the Gov? by mjvictory · 2012-09-22 00:36 · Score: 3, Interesting

I'm getting a "503 Retry request" error.
1. Re:Slashdotted the Gov? by Mattwolf7 · 2012-09-22 00:46 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  http://gsaauctions.gov/
  System Maintenance GSA Auctions is currently under System Maintenance.
  GSA Auction scheduled maintenance times are every Saturday 5AM CT to 8AM CT & every Sunday from 6AM CT to 10AM CT.
2. Re:Slashdotted the Gov? by Ramley · 2012-09-22 00:48 · Score: 2
  
  They're just making sure you actually *read* the article before commenting.
Nothing new... by WestonFire22 · 2012-09-22 00:40 · Score: 4, Interesting

NASA has been selling off old Space Shuttle equipment for some time on the GSA auction site. I have seen computers, cables, tools, cameras, etc.. on there before.
I know what I want by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2012-09-22 00:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Put me down for a pair of RS-25 engines. I want to see if I can improve the mileage on a Hummer H2.
1. Re:I know what I want by dpilot · 2012-09-22 01:52 · Score: 2
  
  I know you're joking, but I read elsewhere that they very carefully mothballed the SSMEs for potential future use.
  
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Where the money is by Crypto+Gnome · 2012-09-22 00:48 · Score: 2

People are morbid creatures, the BEST money is in pieces of Columbia which returned to earth.

I'd reckon selling individual shuttle tiles would also get you a large bucket of money (collectively speaking).

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Those robotic arms... by damn_registrars · 2012-09-22 00:52 · Score: 4, Informative

... are Canadian. But of course, you knew that.

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1. Re:Those robotic arms... by trout007 · 2012-09-22 02:17 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  And they took them all back.
  
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2. Re:Those robotic arms... by Solandri · 2012-09-22 05:31 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  And they don't work on Earth (except underwater if you strategically attach floats). The actuators don't have enough torque for the arm to lift its own weight. Weight not being a factor in orbit.
3. Re:Those robotic arms... by osu-neko · 2012-09-22 08:43 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  The problem you're having is binary thinking. It does not follow from a belief that someone is too nationalistic that you must eschew nationalism entirely. Upgrade from a bit-brain to something capable of more nuanced thought, and you'll have no trouble understanding that there's nothing contradictory in such opinions. You'll also understand that "too much salt is bad for you" diesn't mean "salt is bad for you" and other common problems that trip-up people with poor reasoning skills, and probably realize most of the "hypocrites" you've labeled as such in the past were not even the slightest bit hypocritical...
  
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Re:Why the US citizen requirement? by nospam007 · 2012-09-22 02:39 · Score: 2

If you have to show ID, lots of US citizens won't be allowed as well.
Government = hamfisted. Guided missiles to Iran by raymorris · 2012-09-22 03:02 · Score: 2, Interesting

Our government is inherently hamfisted. If they sell rocket stuff to other countries, Iran will buy guided missiles. Government is incapable of common sense, so they need broad policies.
Re:huh? by confused+one · 2012-09-22 03:16 · Score: 4, Informative

GSA was doing auctions decades before Ebay existed.
Re:huh? by Dogtanian · 2012-09-22 03:53 · Score: 2

I'd have paid $10 for some random piece of hardware I could say came from the space program
Yes, they should definitely be using eBay to target big spenders like you :-) Never mind, I'm sure your $10 will get you a couple of packs of officially-endorsed freeze-dried ice cream...

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Re:Why the US citizen requirement? by Solandri · 2012-09-22 05:35 · Score: 4, Informative

The Shuttles were built with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Hence it's technically already owned by U.S. citizens. The auction is more to decide which citizen should get each piece, not to make back the cost of building the things.
go for the small stuff by pbjones · 2012-09-22 08:59 · Score: 2

big stuff gets locked away in private collections and museums, small stuff gets traded and it's 'value' grows.

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Re:Me? by ls671 · 2012-09-22 18:42 · Score: 2

Yes, but you have to set upside down, i.e. attach it to the ceiling.

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