Latest on the Shuttle at Intrepid
I visited the Intrepid pier last week. I spoke to a supervisor who claims the British Concorde, which is now is at the end of the pier, will be moved forward. The Shuttle Enterprise, will move into its old place. I figured-out why. By placing Concorde in front, it will block the view from 12th Ave. of the Shuttle forcing spectators to visit the Museum in order to get a close-up look. By the way, there's plenty of room for both the Shuttle and Concorde. The Shuttle is basically the size of the old DC-9 except for the higher tail.
Intrepid has new plans for Shuttle Enterprise
The NYT is reporting on the Intrepid's new plan for Enterprise:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/ny...rise.html?_r=2
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But five months after the Intrepid was awarded the shuttle Enterprise, museum officials have turned their attention from the end of the newly revamped pier to a parking lot on 12th Avenue, across the cacophonous West Side Highway. They envision converting the lot, which is surrounded by H & H Bagels, a car wash, storage warehouses and a strip club, into a space-themed museum that would serve as the home of the Enterprise and draw as many as one million visitors a year."
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In a report last month that concluded a review of the shuttle awards, NASA’s inspector general said the Enterprise would be moved from the Smithsonian to Kennedy International Airport in April 2012. It would be stored in a “climate-controlled tent” inside a hangar at the airport for about two years, then ferried on a barge to the Intrepid."