Trumps Unterzeichnung von ‚One Big Beautiful Bill‘ beinhaltet 85 Millionen US -Dollar, um die Entdeckung von Space Shuttle von Smithsonian nach Texas zu bewegen

Still messed up they are losing it. 

I look forward to the next Administration spending $100 million to move it back to the Smithsonian, where it belongs.

Some classic pork barrel politics going on there.

Wow, that sucks. 🙁

„DOGE? I see some government waste you can cut“

Money should go to more essential needs instead of.

Fucking why?

Fuck you! Actually it’s fuck me and the rest of the citizens. Spending billions on bullshit and undoing the social net!

Fuck Donald Trump.

Why?

This is at least depressingly in line with history. Consider that the whole thing of “spacecraft are under Florida control until they clear the tower, then it switches to Houston“ came about because Lyndon Baines Johnson got Houston space center as his fee for getting funding for the moon landing through Congress.

Museum professional here, telling you not to worry quite yet. I have worked at the Smithsonian Institution among other notable museums in the US and have lots of experience including a Master’s degree.

First of all, the Smithsonian owns the shuttle now, not NASA. There aren’t any mechanisms by which to strip their ownership. Sure, someone could buy it, but who has the money? And somewhere to put it?

Any reputable museum would not let any piece out of their collection that could be in any danger – why would you sell a rare painting to someone you know will put an axe through it immediately. Ethics is a HUGE issue in the museum world; everyone in my graduate programme had to take a legal ethics course. There are also standards to be an accredited museum (under a group called the AAM); violations of their rules can get your museum decertified.

Secondly, there is no way currently to transport the shuttle to Texas. The dedicated 747 was long ago scuttled. An entire new one would have to be built, which I imagine will take most of the money set aside and take a long time to do safely. Roads and bridges cannot tolerate the weight of the shuttle on a transport (like a tractor trailer).

Do I think it’s still a possibility? Yes, of course, but I don’t think it’s likely. Obvs this is all a very complicated situation with a lot of legal minutia. It’s nothing more than (yet another) stupid ass vanity problem created out of thin air to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.

Glad to answer questions!

Money well spent as per usual. Fuck those kids who need food assistance, lets spend on shit that matters…like moving a retired space shuttle.

I’m understanding more and more how Cheeto managed to bankrupt casinos

What a waste of money? Report to DOGE. /s

If JSC was going to get one it should have happened when they moved them all originally. To do this shit and take the one in the Smithsonian is madness. The worst thing is, this isn’t even the most horrible part of this stupid bill.

What happened to cutting down on wasteful spending. Well just add this to the $3 Trillion dollars of debt this bill brings. And this is what happens when you have someone whose been bankrupt just as many times as he’s been divorced running your country into the ground.

How are they planning on moving it? The planes capable of moving a space shuttle have both been decommissioned and are in museums themselves and are thus no longer flight worthy. It is too tall and wide to travel on roads due to lights, overpasses, and bridges.

Dumbasses voted for this.

mmm that’s some tasty pork.

Easy way to launder money.

Moving a space shuttle 1,500 miles just to spite Virginia what a stellar use of taxpayer dollars.

I didn’t realize the key to horrible flooding was a decommissioned space shuttle

I’ve wanted to go see it but haven’t had the time or money to make the trip… I am not going to TX so I guess we’d better hurry.

What a petty bitch