All of the launch components will be included in the vertical display of Endeavour at its new home in the $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
The rocket motors are the major components of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters that were used to help propel the shuttles into space.The rocket motors are the major components of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters that were used to help propel the shuttles into space. All of the launch components -- the shuttle, rocket boosters and a massive external fuel tank -- will be included in the vertical display of Endeavour at its new home in the $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
So delivery of the Solid Rocket Motors is one of the last major components needed for the arrangement. CSC officials in July officially began the process of creating the vertical display, in what they have dubbed a "Go for Stack" process. "Eleven years after Endeavour's memorable crosstown journey, we're delighted to invite the public to join us once again to be a part of this next historic arrival," Jeffrey Rudolph, president and CEO of the California Science Center, said in a statement.
The move of the motors is also no small task. The rocket motors are each 116 feet long and more than 12 feet in diameter. And they both weigh 104,000 pounds. The Science Center will open early at 9 a.m. Wednesday for the arrival celebration. Center officials said the motors' arrival will be "the best opportunity for the public to witness any stage of `Go for Stack' in person."
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