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**bF8CCmmr** · 01-20-2010, 07:28 AM

Surely, as the shuttles were built from government funds (gained from the taxpayer) NASA should be giving these spacecraft to museums rather than trying to make £30,000,000 on each one? Or is that too radical a way of thinking?

One is going to the Smithsonian, so that leaves two left - the money is a token amount for what is being offered, though. It's essentially a 'guarantee' of the level of next owner.

Better still is that you can have a main engine for nothing: all you pay is the P&P.

01-20-2010, 07:28 AM	#15
bF8CCmmr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 531 Senior Member	Surely, as the shuttles were built from government funds (gained from the taxpayer) NASA should be giving these spacecraft to museums rather than trying to make £30,000,000 on each one? Or is that too radical a way of thinking? One is going to the Smithsonian, so that leaves two left - the money is a token amount for what is being offered, though. It's essentially a 'guarantee' of the level of next owner. Better still is that you can have a main engine for nothing: all you pay is the P&P.
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