nasa spaceships for sale: only £27.4m - lithium batteries for sale
You think it is forgiven that those who boast that they do not feel the financial crisis may not live on this planet.
Well, maybe they should put the money in their mouth and snap up one of the three spaceships Nasa sold for £ 27. 4million each.
But 0. 161 billion (
100 million miles)
In the clock and up to 26 years of service, the orbiter is expected to stay firmly on the ground when it retires.
Hard officials
Nasa has written to museums and other interested groups to invite them to film a space history.
The asking price includes the cost of making the shuttle safe to display, as well as the cost of 4 million postage and packaging.
The space shuttle is the first reusable aircraft that can be launched as a rocket and returned to Earth as a glider.
Six orbiter were designed in the 1960 s alone.
One never flew, two lost planes, including the challenger.
Took off with Colombia on 1986, the latter in re-entry in 2003.
For more than 25 years, they have been the backbone of the American space program, transporting astronauts to the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.
In a statement to potential new owners, Nasa said special attention will be paid to making sure they retire to the approved place.
Meanwhile, astronomers captured dramatic new images of the stars on the Christmas tree.
The sparkling blue stars that look like gadgets are 2,600 light years from Earth.
Dr Robert Messi of the Royal Astronomical Society says this is a truly amazing object.
The Cosmic Christmas decorations are located in the NGC 2264 area known to astronomers and are located in the Unicorn monocconstant constellation, not far from the more familiar Orion.