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Originally Posted by Overflow
Because all the orbiters are national treasures. People touching them would eventually break and wear them down.
The cckpit isn't that hard to find.  |
Haha that thing is tilted and they probably stripped the inside bare. Aren't they standing them up? Getting to the ****pit won't be easy.
But seriously are they fragile? I read the tiles are glued on to felt from Stetson cowboy hats because the heat of reentry forces the shuttle to flex.