Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Later
I'm up late. Was watching some movies on DVD. I'm semi-sleepy, now, and, unfortunately, a little hungry. It's been mild enough that I've been able to keep the windows open during the night, which is nice. Not sure how long it'll last, though.
Shuttle Diplomacy
I'm getting B2 enrolled in kindergarten this week. Not that it takes a week to do so, but one kinda needs to, to ensure all the bureaucratic stuff is sorted out. My younger boy, kindergarten-bound. He's ready for it.
B1 was so miffed that Chicago didn't get one of the retired shuttles. He was particularly irked that New York got Enterprise. Never mind that it never flew in space, he wanted it! We'd already talked about the shuttles, and I figured Endeavour would go to LA, and was sure the Smithsonian would take Discovery. The other two were open questions -- I thought Houston might get one, or Canaveral. Turns out Canaveral got Atlantis, and New York got Enterprise.
So, three on the East Coast, one on the West. The rest of us flyover folks can stuff it, I guess. Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton would've been a great location for Enterprise. Chicago or Houston would've been nice, too.
Why does New York rate a shuttle, tell me? With all there is to see in New York, it hardly seems like a shuttle would be that much of a draw. Way to blow off the Midwest, NASA (or whoever made the final decision on allocating the shuttles).
B1 was grumbling about it all day. He said "New York is spoiled. They get everything they want."
I would have allocated a shuttle to each region of the nation -- Discovery for Smithsonian, Endeavour for LA, Atlantis for Houston (or Canaveral), Enterprise for Chicago (or, failing that, Dayton). It's why it's called NASA, not ECASA (East Coast Aeronautics and Space Administration).
B1 was so miffed that Chicago didn't get one of the retired shuttles. He was particularly irked that New York got Enterprise. Never mind that it never flew in space, he wanted it! We'd already talked about the shuttles, and I figured Endeavour would go to LA, and was sure the Smithsonian would take Discovery. The other two were open questions -- I thought Houston might get one, or Canaveral. Turns out Canaveral got Atlantis, and New York got Enterprise.
So, three on the East Coast, one on the West. The rest of us flyover folks can stuff it, I guess. Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton would've been a great location for Enterprise. Chicago or Houston would've been nice, too.
Why does New York rate a shuttle, tell me? With all there is to see in New York, it hardly seems like a shuttle would be that much of a draw. Way to blow off the Midwest, NASA (or whoever made the final decision on allocating the shuttles).
B1 was grumbling about it all day. He said "New York is spoiled. They get everything they want."
I would have allocated a shuttle to each region of the nation -- Discovery for Smithsonian, Endeavour for LA, Atlantis for Houston (or Canaveral), Enterprise for Chicago (or, failing that, Dayton). It's why it's called NASA, not ECASA (East Coast Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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