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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 08:19 PM
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Photo of Shuttle Atlantis flying from Cal to Fla
Someone here said they saw it a couple of weeks ago and this is just a really cool picture (even if it was taken back in 1998).



How does a space shuttle that landed in California get back to Florida for its next launch? The answer is by ferry.

NASA operates two commercial Boeing 747 airplanes modified to carry a space shuttle on their backs. Designated officially as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, NASA bolstered the commercial 747s with struts, stabilizers and electronic monitors. Pictured above, the space shuttle Atlantis is shown being ferried to NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida in September 1998.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 08:36 PM
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1. Damn... And to think that I get all nervous strapping
a surfboard to the roof of my car. I'll bet whoever suggested that got some real funny looks at first...
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 09:03 PM
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2. Those NASA cut-ups!
The rear mounting point on N905NA has a helpful label:
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 09:31 PM
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3. LOL!
That looks like a big-ass trailer hitch (which is what it is, I guess)...
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