That sounds fine to me. It as a stupid idea…. Houston can have an Artemis Capsule (if it ever actually goes to the moon)
mixduptransistor on
This is a completely reasonable compromise. No one has ever been completely against Houston having some kind of spacecraft on display. It’s not unreasonable to think NASA couldn’t put *some* type of spacecraft there. It was just absolutely insane to think it could be one of the shuttles at this point
LA_Dynamo on
But I thought Jared Isaacman was unreasonable and hated history. /s
gimmeslack12 on
Well Artemis isn’t going to the moon and you gotta store it somewhere. Might as well be in Texas.
OldWrangler9033 on
Hope it works out. I don’t have a lot faith that will sate Texas wants of a space proven vehicle. The Capsule isn’t a space shuttle. SpaceX or BlueMoon landers aren’t design to return to Earth.
ToeSniffer245 on
I’m 100% fine with them getting a hollowed-out Orion if it means Discovery is spared. Throw in a Starship too since they like Elon so much.
ARocketToMars on
One of the Orion capsules (most likely from Artemis 2 or 4) is the best path forward. That way we don’t have to spend millions destroying/moving Discovery. And no other museum has to lose part of their collection to soothe the egos of Texas politicians who couldn’t be bothered to rally support for anything resembling a competitive bid for a Shuttle 15 years ago.
And as a bonus per the funds allocated in the bill, wherever they house Orion will be paid for so they won’t have to leave it outside until the Smithsonian has to step in like with their Saturn V. Plus I’m sure SpaceX would be happy to donate a Dragon or future crewed Starship since their test site is in Texas
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That sounds fine to me. It as a stupid idea…. Houston can have an Artemis Capsule (if it ever actually goes to the moon)
This is a completely reasonable compromise. No one has ever been completely against Houston having some kind of spacecraft on display. It’s not unreasonable to think NASA couldn’t put *some* type of spacecraft there. It was just absolutely insane to think it could be one of the shuttles at this point
But I thought Jared Isaacman was unreasonable and hated history. /s
Well Artemis isn’t going to the moon and you gotta store it somewhere. Might as well be in Texas.
Hope it works out. I don’t have a lot faith that will sate Texas wants of a space proven vehicle. The Capsule isn’t a space shuttle. SpaceX or BlueMoon landers aren’t design to return to Earth.
I’m 100% fine with them getting a hollowed-out Orion if it means Discovery is spared. Throw in a Starship too since they like Elon so much.
One of the Orion capsules (most likely from Artemis 2 or 4) is the best path forward. That way we don’t have to spend millions destroying/moving Discovery. And no other museum has to lose part of their collection to soothe the egos of Texas politicians who couldn’t be bothered to rally support for anything resembling a competitive bid for a Shuttle 15 years ago.
And as a bonus per the funds allocated in the bill, wherever they house Orion will be paid for so they won’t have to leave it outside until the Smithsonian has to step in like with their Saturn V. Plus I’m sure SpaceX would be happy to donate a Dragon or future crewed Starship since their test site is in Texas
Edit: forgot a word
Didnt Texas already get Columbia?
Yes, let’s reward bad behavior