A Trip To NASA

Yesterday was the first nice day of the year so we took advantage of it by making a trip down to NASA to see our wonderful new fake Space Shuttle.  It seems that folks around here like fakes.  Back in 1984 we had none other than a fake coral snake on display at the Houston Zoo.

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This coral snake looks very life like. Well, ok, it’s real.

We are also home to a boatload of plastic surgeons.

Here is a shot of the fake Space Shuttle sitting on top of a Space Shuttle Shuttler Aircraft.

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The Space Shuttle Shuttler Aircraft has little pictures of its various missions painted on the side.

plane closeThe Space Shuttle Shuttler is driven by 4 honking big Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines.  You can clearly see the fan blades but behind that is an empty shell.

engineThe engineers that designed the Space Shuttle Shuttler used to work for Harley Davidson.

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Hydraulic Oil Leak

Last shot, the fake rocket engine cones of the fake Space Shuttle.

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