I live in a city with a space shuttle, and that makes me very, very happy. Yesterday the girl took me to visit it at the California Science Center, and there was much rejoicing. The supporting exhibits include a wealth of information about the mysterious “space potty”, computers from mission control, and a history of the shuttle program. The highlight, obviously, is the opportunity to visit up close with a vehicle that has traveled at 17,500 miles per hour, fixed the Hubble telescope and built the space station, cost $2.1 billion to build, and withstood temperatures of over 3000°F.
For reference, here are journal entries from past encounters with the spaceship:
This vehicle has been to space, repeatedly, which pretty much makes it the coolest thing ever built.
While it takes rocket scientists to build a space shuttle, decorating one apparently requires a dyslexic flag painter.