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Comment: Re:Paid by the tax payer .... (Score 2, Informative) 131

by EsJay (#30801608) Attached to: Lacking Buyers, NASA Cuts Prices On Shuttles and Old Engines
They are being given away. $28.8 million is the estimated "cost to complete display preparation for each Orbiter and ferry the Orbiter to its ultimate display location".

And private collectors are not invited: "Organizations responding to this RFI must be: 1) a U.S. museum, institution, or organization dedicated to education or educational outreach, including NASA Visitor Centers; 2) a U.S. Federal agency, State, Commonwealth, or U.S. possession or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof; or 3) the District of Columbia."

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/home/int_orbiter_rfi.html

Comment: What about already submitted proposals? (Score 3, Informative) 131

by EsJay (#30800272) Attached to: Lacking Buyers, NASA Cuts Prices On Shuttles and Old Engines
Does this mean they rejected all the existing bids? I thought about 20 applied, including:
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton OH
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NYC
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Space Center Houston
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oregon
Tulsa Air and Space Museum
Museum of Flight, Seattle
Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center, Downey CA
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, CA
San Diego Air and Space Museum
Palmdale Plant 42, CA

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