XPost: or.politics   
   From: bshatzerNO@comcast.net   
      
   Gatt wrote:   
      
   > "lein"  wrote in message   
   > news:1182483094.362710.112910@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >>On Jun 21, 4:30 pm, Bill Shatzer  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>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.   
      
   > Also they have an ace up their sleeve: There may be a lot of places that   
   > want the Space Shuttle, but odds are the shuttles are transported on   
   > Evergreen 747s. The Enterprise was.   
      
   Dunno.  The delivery 747 seems to be marked "NASA", not "Evergreen".   
      
   http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/thisday/november/85-17421-15.jpg   
      
   I believe Evergreen did the modifications and does the maintenance on   
   the NASA 747s but the aircraft themselves are NASA aircraft.   
      
   > Given that, it's possible that   
   > Evergreen could try to secure the Enterprise (as somebody mentioned) while   
   > giving NASM Discovery or Atlantis.   
      
   It would seem that Enterprise is McMinnville's best (indeed, only) shot.   
      
   I can't see the NASM, JSC, or Wright-Patterson being stiffed iffen they   
   want a shuttle and I can't see them not wanting one.   
      
   Peace and justice,   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)