Tundra to tow Space Shuttle
- Thread starter kraqus
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Humbug. Cut Turbolab some slack. Being in Canada, probably the only thing he knows about the American Space Shuttle is that the robotic arm is Canadian.
Really, it's a fair question.
plainjaneFJC
Deplorable
I was joking around, just couldn't pass up that opportunity.
Petrolburner
Explorer
So sad to see this. To know that i will NEVER get to see a shuttle launch in person is a painful and ****ty reality. I wish i was born 40 years ago
There will be other vehicles to go to space, but none like the shuttle.
tanglefoot
ExPoseur
Unloading Endeavor at LAX:
http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/72473999/News/Space-shuttle-Endeavour-detachment-time-lapse
http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/72473999/News/Space-shuttle-Endeavour-detachment-time-lapse
kraqus
Norcalwood
Humbug. Cut Turbolab some slack. Being in Canada, probably the only thing he knows about the American Space Shuttle is that the robotic arm is Canadian.
Really, it's a fair question.
I am also from Canada and the flow of knowledge does not stop at the border. We know far more about you than you do about us. Our igloos have satellite TV.
And as a Canadian, he should know that that's not how you refuel the space shuttle. Unless he lives under a rock.
turbolab
Observer
i have a computer thats it, i see something i know nothing about and ask a question i got an reply to it and now i wont forget. i dont go looking around on the internet on how to transport a shuttle.
Toyotero
Explorer
Hmmm.. I wonder how this 'tow' is going to go down exactly..
http://jalopnik.com/5951189/how-exa...ource=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
http://jalopnik.com/5951189/how-exa...ource=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Chevrolado
Cruisin'
From what Ive heard of our local news around here.. That rig that is carrying it MOST of the way to its new home is not an "Approved vehicle" to meet the CalTrans specs of a vehicle allowed to cross the bridge over the 405 freeway. So the Tundra is just pulling it across the final bridge I believe (because the Tundra is a standard approved vehicle for the CalTrans specs). Someone correct me if I'm wrong.. but that's the last thing I remember reading about it.
Im sure given the hundreds of THOUSANDS of dollars put into the controlled rig it's currently on, they didnt WANT to have to deal with putting it onto a whole different trailer setup and have a truck pull it. Their IDEAL situation would have been to drive the thing all the way there on their one rig.
But.. regulations and such permit.. Has to be a vehicle allowable to cross CalTrans built and maintained bridges.
As for why Toyota got first dibs (American shuttle, I wouldve hoped maybe an American built muscle would pull it - but whatever), supposedly Toyota has donated millions of dollars (over the history of the Science Museum) to their whole cause, so they were first choice.
Im sure given the hundreds of THOUSANDS of dollars put into the controlled rig it's currently on, they didnt WANT to have to deal with putting it onto a whole different trailer setup and have a truck pull it. Their IDEAL situation would have been to drive the thing all the way there on their one rig.
But.. regulations and such permit.. Has to be a vehicle allowable to cross CalTrans built and maintained bridges.
As for why Toyota got first dibs (American shuttle, I wouldve hoped maybe an American built muscle would pull it - but whatever), supposedly Toyota has donated millions of dollars (over the history of the Science Museum) to their whole cause, so they were first choice.
are you really suggesting that they can cut down the what, 300 trees to make room for the shuttle, to move a piece of american history, but they have a Tundra pulling it the last bit across the bridge cuz they dont have a permit? Not because toyota wants the PR show?
Think about it.
