Prices Slashed in NASA’s Space Shuttle Sale

By John Farrier in Science & Tech on Jan 17, 2010 at 8:39 pm

NASA is shutting down the space shuttle program and so is trying to sell off its remaining merchandise at increasingly low prices. It’s already slashed the price for a (pre-owned) shuttle from $42 million to $28.8 million:

When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in December 2008 put out the call seeking buyers at museums, schools and elsewhere, the agency received about 20 inquiries. An agency spokesman, Mike Curie, said he expected more interest, especially with the discount.

“We’re confident that we’ll get other takers,” Mr. Curie said Friday.

The Discovery is already promised to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The Atlantis and the Endeavour are up for grabs. It is possible that the Enterprise, a shuttle prototype that never made it to space, will also be available. The Enterprise is currently at the Smithsonian.

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  1. jazz on your face (female)
    Jan 17th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    anyone wanna band together and share a space shuttle? I can’t imagine the gas mileage will be too good but atleast well roll out in style.

  2. Justin
    Jan 17th, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Wait, for 30 million dollars you can own a space shuttle?! That’s less expensive than some people’s yachts!

  3. XuYu
    Jan 17th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Trying to sell the Space Shuttle in THIS MARKET?????

    ARE THEY CRAZY!?!?

  4. GamerFromJump
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:05 am

    With the Space Shuttle goes any reason for NASA to exist. Time to let someone else see if they can do better.

  5. Gauldar
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:07 am

    Look like Virgin is taking NASAs place, and I wonder what other private industries are now up the challenge.

  6. Gauldar
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:08 am

    A lot of outdated tech though, so I am wondering if they will manage to find a collector out there.

  7. artbot
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 1:09 am

    Let me know when it drops to $300 and includes shipping.

  8. Justin
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 2:02 am

    Call in the next 5 minutes and we’ll even throw in this FREE blender!

    ORDER NOW!

  9. Foreigner1
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:32 am

    Call in the next 10 minutes and we’ll deliver it right to your door free of charge….!

    …Ehhhhhhhh I wanna have it parked in front of a friends house in downtown Delft………

  10. Gauldar
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 9:11 am

    @Foreigner1

    Reminds me of a prank this friend of my sister’s played on a friend of his that was out of the country for a couple weeks. He and his other friend disassembled his old VW Beatle and reassembled it in his friends apartment. When his friend got back, they were sitting in it watching the TV that was resting on it’s hood. They would have helped me disassembled/reassemble it again had his friend not kicked them out. But, that is what he gets for planting a watercress garden in the guys carpet though.

  11. jwsandersjr
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t know about $28.2m, seems a little high with that many miles on it. Let’s see, 5247 orbits at about 38,850 miles per … 203,845,950 miles. On the plus side, I guess it has been well maintained. Does it have leather interior?

  12. Foreigner1
    Jan 19th, 2010 at 2:58 am

    Gauldar :-D A legend at the Tech university of Eindhoven Netherlands tells that some 25 years ago some students did about the same with the old car of a professor- The man didn’t blink or spend one word on it and just reversed the joke in one night- all by himself and with clean hands, without sleepdeprivation on his face and well shaven the next morning…

    jwsandersjr – No – And it also doesn’t even have a cupholder or a sigarette-lighter or electrical windows…

  13. Robolasse
    Jan 19th, 2010 at 7:31 am

    You should never buy a former taxi. ;-)

    At least you can get the engines for free.

  14. guitarpicker
    Jan 28th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    The shuttles were bought and paid for and operated with American taxpayer dollars. They belong to the people. NASA can’t “sell” them because NASA doesn’t own them. Further, anyone who knows anything about goverment procurement law understands that first rights of transfer belong to other Government agencies. I doubt the National Parks Service, or anyone other than the National Museum of the United States Air force, would have sufficient display capabilities that begin to meet the minimums set forth by NASA. I am convinced that Boeing, Mac-Douglas, or any other civilian operative would not qualify to even think about getting one of these taxpayer-owned beauties. Maybe Canada should put in a bid- it was the CANADAIN Maneuvering arm that did most of the actual work…


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