Hurricane Sandy Damages Space Shuttle Enterprise

SchrodingerZ writes "The now decommissioned Space Shuttle Enterprise appears to have been damaged by super storm Sandy, as it blew through New York City. The shuttle is currently on display on the deck of the USS Intrepid, as part of the Sea, Air, and Space museum on pier 86. The storm tore through the shuttle's inflatable pavilion which housed it, leaving a deflated mess over the space craft. It appears that the pavilion has damaged the vertical stabilizer on the tail of the craft. The museum has yet to comment on the situation. This is not the first time the Enterprise has been damaged however. As it was being towed through Jamaica Bay en route to its new home in Manhattan, the barge was hit by wind and forced the spacecraft's wingtip into a railroad bridge pylon ."

Comments

Re:SO WHAT ?!?

[vikingpower]

You are comparing apples to pears. "Enterprise" is a chunk of metal and carbon that, granted, had its part in human space exploration. Being a chunk of metal and carbon, however, it can be replaced; and if it were to go lost, not many humans would spill tears over it. Mona Lisa, on the other hand, is a work of art, with "art" in the sense of "created for beauty", hundreds of years old and held dear by many more humans than said chunk of metal and carbon. Moreover, Mona Lisa was crafted by an individual now long dead and of reputed genius, which can not be said of Enterprise. Last but not least, I do believe that in the wake of Sandy ravaging New York, there is more important news than damage having been done to a chunk of metal and carbon. QFD.