South L.A. shuttle boosters are feeling jettisoned, LA Times
“Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa touted it as “the mother of all parades” — a historic celebration in a part of Los Angeles that doesn’t get much fanfare. Over two days, on the major thoroughfares of Westchester, Inglewood and South Los Angeles, space shuttle Endeavour would slowly make its way from LAX to its new home at the California Science Center. Community activists planned events, residents said they would line the streets and local businesses organized viewing parties. But that excitement has turned to anger as officials clamped down on security and significantly reduced public access to the shuttle route. The Los Angeles Police Department announced this week it would close off most sidewalks along the way, making it difficult, if not impossible, for the public to see the shuttle go by.”
How To Steal The Space Shuttle: A Step-By-Step Guide, Jalopnik
“The LAPD officers in charge of the security portion of the massive moving project were there, but it was pretty clear their responsibilities had to do with keeping people and the city safe, not protecting the Shuttle from theft. I asked both officers if they thought, given Bond supervillian-levels of resources, it would be possible for someone to steal the shuttle. They made two mistakes in their answers. First mistake was that the first cop told me it was “impossible.” The second mistake was that the other policeman told me “I won’t say impossible.” Now it sounds like a challenge.”

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6 replies on “LAPD Wants To Keep People Away From Endeavour”

  2. 1) Who would want to do that? Isnt the Shuttle a total failure? Ask the advoactes of returning to Apollo.

    2) The Shuttle has been made “Museum ready” Which means all components which once held toxic material has been removed. It has been gutted and not even NASA could return it to flight status anymore.

    3) Even if one would redesign it with modern components, who would be able to build and operate the launch facility?

  4. Yep – that makes perfect sense.  Probably millions of people around the state came out on a Friday mid day to watch the Shuttle fly over.  Of course no one will want to watch a parade of the Shuttle up close.  Dumb! 

  5. He built his own. I think that they’d be more worried about some wannabe David taking out one of the now irreplaceable shuttle tiles or a window with a well placed rock.

  6. Ok now I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or really thought that article showed a lack of technical education since it was pretty clear it wasn’t serious. The problems of not face to face communication.

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