[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SHUTTLE PLACEMENT NEXT TO STRIP CLUB

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, NASA plans to send the shuttle 
Enterprise to New York City, a place that has no connection with NASA. 
In their sales pitch for the shuttle, the Intrepid Museum painted an 
extravagant picture of the orbiter prominently displayed in a beautiful 
facility on the Hudson River.
  Now, in a misleading bait-and-switch move, they want to move this 
piece of space history next to a bagel joint, a car wash and a strip 
club to supposedly beautify the area. The shuttle should not be used as 
part of an urban renewal project.
  The only place this shuttle should be heading to is Houston's ``Space 
City, U.S.A.,'' the historical place for all space exploration. The 
first word on the Moon was ``Houston'', not ``New York City.'' And 
placing the shuttle in New York City is like putting the Statue of 
Liberty in Omaha, Nebraska. NASA and the Smithsonian should reconsider 
putting the shuttle in New York.
  And that's just the way it is.

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