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Move Over, Space Shuttle: Huge 'Electromagnetic Ring' being shipped 5200 miles across the US

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When NASA flew the shuttle prototype Enterprise through New York City last year, all we had to do was look out our windows at Scientific American one morning to watch it cruise past. Countless Americans got a look at one of the decommissioned shuttles as NASA paraded them around the country en route to their new homes at various museums. Part of the thrill was in getting close to the shuttles, of course, but there was also the appeal of seeing something so exotic gracing the mundane streets, the skies and the waterways of our cities. But as large and heavy as the shuttles are, transporting them was relatively simple because their scientific lives were already over. The orbiters could withstand plenty of jostling and even a few accidental dings during shipping and handling. http://tinyurl.com/cbcqkfv

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Move Over, Space Shuttle: Huge 'Electromagnetic Ring' being shipped 5200 miles across the US

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