$2 Billion Moving Bill for the Space Shuttle Endeavor
@DeborahDiane (40843)
Laguna Woods, California
October 27, 2016 10:52pm CST
Moving the Space Shuttle Endeavor to the California Science Museum was not a cheap proposition. Above is a photo of the moving bill to "transfer excess personal property."
Actually, saying that it cost $2 billion was a bit of an exaggeration. It actualy "only" cost $1,980,674,785.
I thought it was a little hilarious to refer to the space shuttle as "excess personal property."
I couldn't help but wonder if Pauletta K. McGinnis, the NASA/KSC Property Disposal Officer who signed this nearly $2 billion bill, was a bit shocked by the cost!
I thought moving my household goods to a new home was expensive!
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@LadyDuck - I imagine it is really expensive to move a big ship, too! It's great that they keep these things for people to see up close ... but it is expensive!
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@LadyDuck (502173)
• Italy
29 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane Yes it's good to keep these things. It was surely very expensive to move the submarine, because the museum where it is now (in Milano) is 350 Km from the closest sea.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 16
@LadyDuck - Wow! That is amazing that they moved a submarine 350 km from the closest ocean. Incredible!
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
28 Oct 16
When you consider how much money you have, and how much the government has, you are probably paid more for your move than they did.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@ElizabethWallace - Good point about the ratio between the percentage the government paid for this move as opposed to the percentage of our money that we paid for our move! Now I think I was ripped off! LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 16
@ElizabethWallace - Same thing happened to us. We used the same company to move, but we had less stuff. Despite that, they wanted more money. However, the government says we don't have inflation, which is why the Social Security increases have been so small ... or nonexistent some years.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
29 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane Probably. I know I was. I used the same company to move the same stuff (although fewer boxes each time) the same distance for three moves. (sigh) Each time it cost almost $1,000 more.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 16
@vandana7 - You are so right that nothing is secret anymore. Everything seems to be found out!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
28 Oct 16
seems like when folks're usin' other folks money, they don't seem to mind one bit! i'm with ya, they could've written'p the order fer such a bit diff'rently :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
29 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane one'f the bad thingies 'bout the government 'tis their 'budget' - if'n they don't spend 't all by the end'f their physical year, 't seems they cannot get funds they do need fer the next year. ridiculous...
i agree with ya! makes ya wonder what brilliant soul came'p with such? why'd they've the need fer such a category anyhow?
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@crazyhorseladycx - Yes, when they are using government money, the sky's the limit! Hilarous they call it "excess personal property!"
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 16
@just4him - Yes, NASA is part of the government and they paid for the move ... or, I guess we taxpayers paid for it. It was incredibly expensive!
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
28 Oct 16
Darn it! why can they just use it again? rather than moving it from one museum to another.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@Letranknight2015 - Apparently they cannot continue to use the older space shuttles because, as they age, it increases the chances that one could blow up again ... and they do not want that to happen!
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@jaboUK - Can you imagine getting a bill like that to move anything? Wow!
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@CoolPeace (1563)
• Miami, Florida
28 Oct 16
They should of kept it where it was it would of been cheaper.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
@CoolPeace - Yes, it would have definitely been cheaper to leave the space shuttle where it was and let people visit it there!
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