Tag: Museum of Flight
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Seattle’s Museum of Flight questions data used by NASA to pick homes for retired shuttles
Atlantis lifts off. (NASA photo) NASA staffers understated attendance for Seattle’s Museum of Flight and didn’t count Canadian visitors in their measure of the region’s international tourism during the site selection process for the retired Space Shuttle orbiters earlier this year. Those are the new assertions from Museum of Flight officials, as reported by the…
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NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle
An internal NASA scoring matrix showing how Seattle’s Museum of Flight (MOF) stacked up against other contenders for the Space Shuttle orbiters. Source: NASA Office of Inspector General review of the Shuttle selection process. Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many other…