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From: CHEEHH@jane.uh.edu (Rikhit Arora)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Enterprise (was Re: New Space Shuttle)
Message-ID: <2157@jane.uh.edu>
Date: 20 Aug 89 18:04:18 GMT
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In article <277.24E8EA7F@mamab.FIDONET.ORG>, Mac.Druaidh@f69.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mac Druaidh) writes:
> 
> Personally, I would like to see it enshrined in the Air and Space Museum, 
> and would REALLY like tours of the orbiter or a mockup. 
>  
The place to see a shuttle mockup is building 9A at JSC, here in Houston.
While the mockup is off-limits to the usual tourist, one can arrange for
special tours.  We (The University Space Society, Univ. of Houston) 
arranged such a tour last spring and got to see the Shuttle Static 1-g 
trainer up close.  The tour guide split us into groups of 5 and let us
enter the crew compartment throught the circular hatch and spend about
15 minutes inside living out our fantasies.  I must say sitting for even
a few minutes in the left hand seat was quite a thrill!
The other stops in the tour included Mission Control, the WET-F (Weightless
Environment Training Facility), Skylab mockup, etc.  We were promised the
space station Freedom mockup but they reneged at the last moment.
We plan on arranging another tour sometime soon.  So, anyone out there who
would like to join us is welcome.  Or you can arrange for your own tour.
They prefer you limit your group to 22 people (so everyone can fit into
the tour van) and give a list of all non-citizens planning on being on
this trip about 2-3 weeks in advance.  (Paranoia if you ask me)  Call the
Public Affairs Office at JSC for more details.
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