retroremakes
January 17th, 2010, 23:05
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Discovery is already headed to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, but those other two? Atlantis and Endeavour? Totally available and looking to score.
And the engines I mentioned above originally went for about $400,000 to $800,000 apiece, but no one bit when they were put up for sale in December 2008. Now, when they go out of service with the rest of the shuttle program, they'll be yours if you pony up the cost of shipping. [NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/science/space/17nasa.html) via Slashdot (http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/17/1714204/Lacking-Buyers-NASA-Cuts-Prices-On-Shuttles-and-Old-Engines)]
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And the engines I mentioned above originally went for about $400,000 to $800,000 apiece, but no one bit when they were put up for sale in December 2008. Now, when they go out of service with the rest of the shuttle program, they'll be yours if you pony up the cost of shipping. [NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/science/space/17nasa.html) via Slashdot (http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/17/1714204/Lacking-Buyers-NASA-Cuts-Prices-On-Shuttles-and-Old-Engines)]
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