California Science Center (You Remember Them) Gets Space Shuttle Endeavor

Ah yes, the CSC which had to shell out $110,000 to settle a First Amendment viewpoint-discrimination lawsuit over the Center's canceling a screening of Darwin's Dilemma at their state-run facility. Launched in 1992 and retired this past June, Endeavor flew 25 missions for a total of 122,883,151 miles or 4,671 orbits around the earth. Now the CSC has taken ownership of Endeavor and will permanently exhbit the craft. Good for them. Maybe it will help those fine folks hone their appreciation of ...