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3. Hold my beer and watch this.

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 09:35 AM

Jul 4

On top of a 747. I watched the duo fly over the National Mall.

Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Over the National Mall

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2012 Apr 17
The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified 747 jet, flies at a low altitude (~1,500 ft.) over what is normally restricted airspace -- the National Mall in Washington, D.C. -- on April 17, 2012 on its way to its permanent home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

Explore the Space Shuttle Discovery at http://discovery.si.edu

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How the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill could move the Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 OP

Stupidest idea I have ever heard. Leave it to Ted Cruz. walkingman Jul 4 #1

I am even curious as to how they would even do it lapfog_1 Jul 4 #2

Hold my beer and watch this. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 #3

uh, I worked for NASA for over a decade... I helped design the flight profile for the shuttle lapfog_1 Jul 4 #4

I knew you had worked for NASA. The other details of your post, I did not know. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 #5

I will spend the day with my daughter lapfog_1 Jul 4 #6

It would take a lot more than that to ever get me to Klarkashton Jul 4 #7