Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Tough Retirement Start For Enterprise

Space travel is extraordinarily dangerous, but, it turns out, retiring to a museum can be tough, too.

The space shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space, is being displayed in retirement at the museum in New York City centered on the U. S. S. Intrepid.  To get Enterprise there, the shuttle had to be put on a barge and sailed under several bridges.  While under one bridge, a microburst pushed Enterprise against the bridge, damaging the foam on one wing.

The damage looked to be only slight, however.

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