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Houston Pols Make Another Run at Getting Retired Space Shuttle

Jim Bell — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:32:11 +0000

Houston's still miffed Congressional delegation is taking another shot at wresting the retired Space Shuttle Enterprise away from New York City. They say it belongs in Houston because New York City isn't keeping the sun, moon and stars promises it made to get the shuttle in the first place.

New York is the "Real" Poor Loser

Jim Bell — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:55:22 +0000

When people in Texas expressed dismay and anger when they learned that a retired space shuttle would be going to New York, and not to Houston, one of New York's Senators said something many Texans found downright insulting.

Houston Lawmakers Threaten Legislation to Get Retired Shuttle

Jim Bell — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:55:17 +0000

More than a dozen Texans in Congress are angry and threatening legislative action to block NASA's planned transfer of a space shuttle orbiter from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Virginia to a museum in New York City.