I know when they stowed the KU Band Antenna before final power down, they stated that it would not be deployed again.
Does anyone have access to the interior since NASA closed her up?
I wonder what it would take if one day they decided they wanted to power up one of the orbiters again for some reason.
Quote from: cautionjump on 05/07/2013 03:51 pmDoes anyone have access to the interior since NASA closed her up?They entered Discovery after it arriving at the Udvar-Hazy Center to reconfigure the crew cabin (stowing some of the crew seats to improve access; the seats couldn't be stowed during the ferry flight). I don't believe any active research or study is being performed, but that is a question to pose to the Space History staff at the National Air and Space Museum.QuoteI wonder what it would take if one day they decided they wanted to power up one of the orbiters again for some reason.Per NASA, that's no longer an option.
The photos from above Atlantis are taken from catwalks that are not publicly-accessible.
But one of the reasons Atlantis was tilted 43 degrees to one side was to give visitors a view of the top of the orbiter without having to elevate them.