NASA Offers Out-of-this-World Space Shuttle Deals
NASA is selling Space Shuttles. Want one?
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - JULY 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour touches down at the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 31, 2009. Endeavour was returning from a successful construction mission to the International Space Station. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
If you are in the market for a new ride that can travel several hundred thousand miles per tank of liquid hydrogen and can reach a top speed of 17,500 mph, then boy does NASA have a deal for you.
You could buy any of the old space shuttles for $14 million off the original price. Still not interested?
If you really push during negotiations, we're thinking they might even throw in a Buzz Lightyear doll or a space suit in your size.
NASA, like every other government agency these days, is strapped for dough and so they are getting rid of space shuttles like Discovery and Endeavor, but not too many people are really buying old, space-dwelling vehicles these days.
Originally, NASA was asking for $42 million per shuttle, but now they'll take $28.8 (or best available offer). The preferred buyer would be a school or museum, but $28 million is $28 million.
The Smithsonian has already called dibs on Discovery, but Endeavor and Atlantis are still available. A ship called "The Enterprise," which never took an actual trip into outer space, is also on the block. Somebody call William Shatner's agent.
Posted Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 - 4:19 PM EST
