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Space Shuttle Discovery Going to Smithsonian
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What is the future of space travel?
- Duration 2:11
- Date Apr 19, 2012
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Set the scene -- there.
Yeah we're a little bit of a long hitter right now -- -- just about an hour ago they pulled the Space Shuttle Enterprise out of the air and space museum annex here.
And -- for housing.
And it's standing behind me right now first time to see daylight as since it was towed into this museum when it first opened in 2003.
You can't see it from from where I'm standing right now probably we have video they just about a quarter a mile maybe a thousand yards so to my left.
Is the space shuttle discovery which arrived here just a couple of days ago on the back -- that 747 thrilled Washington it's all over the place.
When it pass by in a very low altitude.
In about an hour from now they'll -- the discovery right up nose to nose to the enterprise and provide a very fitting backdrop to the official ceremony that gets under way.
At 11 o'clock welcoming discovery to the air and space museum and as they pull them up -- knows about an hour from now -- you'll partner to -- -- you'll notice.
That the extreme contrast between the two the enterprise all -- -- white.
I'd never flew in space the discovery.
All scorched and -- from its 39 missions and that's the way they wanted to look when they put it in the museum here.
Today.
He looks a little bruised -- battered and worse for Wear but boy what a work course she was and -- Doug is shuttles are now about the past for the most part what's the future.
For manned space flight.
-- you know it there's an interesting exhibit here it is a -- just be honest and we shot some video and they're just a little while ago of the next generation of manned spacecraft for NASA.
It is the -- Ryan spacecraft.
It's it's looks very similar to the Apollo capsule a little bit bigger bat twice as big is that capable of holding four people.
It's gonna be the craft that makes the mission to Mars although I couldn't imagine being -- size something that size.
For the six month duration of -- But it's party this is not a concept data it is a real spacecraft already undergone -- testing.
-- -- aborted launch attempt two years from now is going to be undergo testing.
For re entry and five years from now the actual or Ryan rocket will be taking off so it's not a concept that's a real thing there is a manned space future to look forward to program.
