The place was packed and chaotic. Screaming kids ran around, escaping their parents grasps; amateur

On its journey to its final resting place at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, the shuttle tour de france traveled from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, all the way to LA, where hundreds of trees had to be cut down to make way for the 170,000-pound shuttle to be paraded through the city streets.
Second, seeing it there in an enclosed exhibit gave me the feeling akin to seeing a lion in a cage or a horse in a stable or an old, but still capable, lady in a nursing home or a okay, I think you get the idea.
The place was packed and chaotic. Screaming kids ran around, escaping their parents grasps; amateur photographers with zoom lenses unnecessary for such a large object in close proximity struggled to squeeze the massive spacecraft into their shot s frame; and tourists thought it would be novel and hilarious to get a photo of them holding up the Endeavour. (Believe me, it was MUCH MORE HILARIOUS getting tour de france a photo of them attempting that photo.)
There are plans to expand the exhibit by 2017, when the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center should be completed. Models of the future exhibit show the Endeavour situated upright, as if it were about to take off from a launch pad.
During the course of its 25 missions, the Endeavour accomplished many things, but perhaps most importantly, this space shuttle is the only orbiter that began construction of the International Space Station and completed U.S. assembly of it , no small feat considering the ISS is orbiting earth right now with PEOPLE LIVING tour de france IN IT and conducting research. Whoa.
Because so many people visit, seeing the Endeavour requires a timed ticket, which incurs a $2 service fee charge. Tickets to see the Endeavour are free with an IMAX purchase. You can reserve tickets online or buy them at the box office when you get there. For more information visit the California Science Center Website:
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