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   On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:53:34 -0700, lein    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Jun 22, 7:19 am, Don Homuth  wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:31:34 -0700, lein    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >On Jun 21, 4:30 pm, Bill Shatzer  wrote:   
   >> >> There are only three space shuttles left, correct?   
   >>   
   >> >> Clearly the NASM gets one and the AF Museum at Wright-Patterson and the   
   >> >> JSC in Houston would seem to have first dibs on the two others.   
   >>   
   >> >> Which doesn't leave any for anybody else.   
   >>   
   >> >> There were lots of F-15s and Titan missiles but only three shuttles.   
   >>   
   >> >which means there are three times as many shuttles as their are Spruce   
   >> >Geese.   
   >>   
   >> But the shuttles are owned by the gubmint.   
   >   
   >So was the USS Alabama, USS North Carolina, USS Massachuttes and USS   
   >Texas before they were sold.   
      
   There were many more battleships than there are shuttles, however.   
      
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