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Houston Possible Home for Space Shuttle

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Rick Perry said we could secede. What's the hold up?

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Once again the City of Houston, NASA and the entire Clear Lake area stand at the cross roads of history. To the victors go the spoils. That is the first thing that comes to my mind with this historic event. With that I feel it important to say the following.

Today we received a model aircraft. While the model looks like a space shuttle it is still a model. It was constructed for the purpose of showing visitors at Kennedy Space Center what a shuttle looks like. It is not nor will it ever be a Shuttle. The ending of the Shuttle Program took many things with it. Most of my life I watched the Shuttle. I saw men and women, family and friends work countless hours in support of its mission. I also worked to support the program in my profession for a number of years.

I saw my Father put everything he had into that program and NASA. All of this I saw from the Clear Lake area. I watched my Father leave this earth from Kennedy Space Center for the last time on January 28, 1986. Not only did I feel the pain as did most of the Nation but I saw a community in tears upon my return to Clear Lake. We healed, but the scars remained. The bad memories were kept at bay and the good ones kept us going. The idea of continued exploration kept the community going. Dedication kept NASA and her people pressing forward.

The pain returned for a second time as we all watched the return of Columbia. The community came together and worked on getting the vehicle and her Crew home. We cried again. We struggled again. Together the community fought through the tears and pain to proceed. We rose from the carnage and continued forward. Forward to the betterment of man. To honor the memory of our lost loved ones. We the Clear Lake population came together and moved NASA in a positive direction.

How does this equate to the quote “To the victors go the spoils”. Clear Lake, Houston, NASA and Texas received a model. I was told by the media and several other sources that the decision to place the retired shuttles at their final locations was not political. I was further told that the decision was based on availability to the masses. They wanted a place that more people could visit. Well I tell you this. I am not blind. I see clearly the politics involved with this move. I also know that the Visitor Center at JSC is full of tourists on a regular basis. I see the trams full of people all year round. In the cold, heat and rain the trams are full of visitors. I know that for the people in the middle of the country you have to travel now to the east or west coast in order to see a Space Shuttle. You can come to Houston and look at a replica but you cannot see a real one.

I also know that almost all items from JSC associated with training for the missions have been removed and shipped off to other locations. This folks is a slap in the face to the population of Texas but more especially to the men and women of JSC. The children who grew up around JSC and watched their parents pour their souls into the program. The world and the rest of the country only watched when major discovery or tragedy happened. We watched all the time. We grew with NASA and molded our communities around NASA. The same occurred at Kennedy and around her community. We have three shuttles. One at Kennedy which I completely agree with and support. One should have come to Houston and the third to a state on the west coast. They chose California. This in my mind would make them available for the largest number of people to see them. I would rather have the trainers that were housed in building 9 instead of a model. The trainers were actually used in the program.

One might say that it is not my decision to make and that I speak from a selfish point of view. They are entitled to their opinion as I am to mine. I see the politics involved with these decisions and I feel the pain that the dedicated men and women of the Clear Lake area feel. I know that we remained a part of NASA during the slow times as well as the exciting, ground breaking and Historic times. For JSC to be treated as a place not suited for a retired shuttle is unacceptable. The rest of the country followed NASA on the highlight real. We lived the entire game. To the victors go the spoils. The rest of us get the model kit.

And with that the decimation of a legacy.

-Janelle Onizuka
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repped. It's obvious it was political by the clown in the white house

#202 bigtexxx, Jun 2, 2012
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Why did you rep him? He didn't write that brah.

BTW- When are we gonna play golf?

#203 LonghornFan, Jun 2, 2012
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Why did you rep him? He didn't write that brah.

BTW- When are we gonna play golf?
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I actually couldn't rep him....must spread rep around. it was a nice post, even if he didn't write it

Golf? Can't say I play as much as I'd like to, but I'll mix it up on the links sometime

#204 bigtexxx, Jun 2, 2012
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Why did you rep him? He didn't write that brah.

BTW- When are we gonna play golf?
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Same reason why guys get repped posting pictures of nice asses

#205 Yonkers, Jun 2, 2012
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Sarcasm Yonkers. Just trying to get in a quick chat with my brah, texxx.

#206 LonghornFan, Jun 2, 2012
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Or I guess I could just post the video too...

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/leNsvK9V8PA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Payback's a b****! We drink your Linshake!

#207 REEKO_HTOWN, Jul 17, 2012
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Payback's a b****! We drink your Linshake!
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What a dickbag. Seriously?? What does New York KNOW about the space program?? Jack diddly s**t. Also, you would think a Congressman like him would look into Bosley Hair Treatment. That hairline is receding back to the Stone Ages.

#208 Fyreball, Jul 17, 2012
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What a dickbag. Seriously?? What does New York KNOW about the space program?? Jack diddly s**t. Also, you would think a Congressman like him would look into Bosley Hair Treatment. That hairline is receding back to the Stone Ages.
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Stereotypes have posters of Chuck Schumer on their walls.

#209 Buck Turgidson, Jul 18, 2012
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Shuttle flying over my building.......on it's way to Los Angeles....

#210 ima_drummer2k, Sep 19, 2012
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I saw Endeavor today! I am in League City, it was flying over to Kemah and I am sure to land in Ellington Field.

#211 LCAhmed, Sep 19, 2012
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? it was here?

#212 lue03, Sep 19, 2012
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Flew real close when landing at Ellington. I work 2 miles away.

#213 REEKO_HTOWN, Sep 19, 2012

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? it was here?
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SS Endeavor was. Stopping at Ellington Field today through 9pm tonight(where you can view it from ~100 feet away). Leaves tomorrow morning, going to(refueling in) El Paso, on through New Mexico and then on to it's final spot in California at the California Science Center.

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Why Houston did not get a shuttle

http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/why-houston-did-not-get-a-shuttle/

#215 rage, Sep 19, 2012
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Why Houston did not get a shuttle

http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/why-houston-did-not-get-a-shuttle/
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That's a pretty good article

#216 updawg, Sep 19, 2012
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Why Houston did not get a shuttle

http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/why-houston-did-not-get-a-shuttle/
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Two words - "Red State".

#217 gwayneco, Sep 19, 2012
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Is it open to the public to go see? Or was it just open this morning for the landing?

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Is it open to the public to go see? Or was it just open this morning for the landing?
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It is open to the public, until 9pm I think.

#219 rage, Sep 19, 2012
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7pm I think

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