Posted by Ray Katz in NASA, current
Sale on used space shuttles
Atlantis: used, well maintained space shuttle now on sale.
Originally priced (for museums) at $42 million each, the retiring space shuttles are now available at the rock-bottom price of only $28,200,000.95. (Okay, the 95 cents at the end was my idea…)
In any case, some lucky museums which successfully raise that kind of money will end up as owners and caretakers of Atlantis and Endeavor after their final flights. (The Smithsonian will take possession of Discovery.)
Even better: actual space shuttle engines for FREE. That’s right! FREE! Of course, you can only claim one if you can figure out how to get it home…
Evergreen Aviation Museum curator, Stewart Bailey, says his museum is ready to get a shuttle and hopes to have one by 2012. That museum has already spent tens of millions of dollars to put up a special building to house “their” shuttle. So, they really, really hope to get one.
Good luck! May the best museums win.
