Quote from: Rocket Science on 10/08/2014 10:11 amQuote from: Blackstar on 10/08/2014 02:35 amQuote from: Rocket Science on 10/08/2014 12:55 amHow many rich oil men are there in Texas and none of them wants to be a benefactor towards preserving a national artifact? A proper enclosure should have happened years ago...There is lots of money in the Houston area. But it takes a skilled fundraiser to tap it. The way to do it is to get a couple of famous Apollo astronauts on board and then walk them into some oil company HQs and ask for money. Play up the patriotism angle and all that. But if it was that easy, somebody would have done it already. You need a fundraiser who knows how to do that stuff and they are rare. Also, I suspect that part of the problem is that JSC is down in Clear Lake and not closer to the city itself. I don't think people in Houston think of Clear Lake as "Houston," and they would rather drive over to one of the museums in the city for a nice black tie event than head down 25, past the strip clubs and car dealerships, to Clear Lake.Knowing this JSC had no reason crying that they didn't get an Orbiter...Funny...this is the same argument that Dwayne Day made a few years ago in the aftermath of the Orbiter display selection controversy.http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2127/1
Quote from: Blackstar on 10/08/2014 02:35 amQuote from: Rocket Science on 10/08/2014 12:55 amHow many rich oil men are there in Texas and none of them wants to be a benefactor towards preserving a national artifact? A proper enclosure should have happened years ago...There is lots of money in the Houston area. But it takes a skilled fundraiser to tap it. The way to do it is to get a couple of famous Apollo astronauts on board and then walk them into some oil company HQs and ask for money. Play up the patriotism angle and all that. But if it was that easy, somebody would have done it already. You need a fundraiser who knows how to do that stuff and they are rare. Also, I suspect that part of the problem is that JSC is down in Clear Lake and not closer to the city itself. I don't think people in Houston think of Clear Lake as "Houston," and they would rather drive over to one of the museums in the city for a nice black tie event than head down 25, past the strip clubs and car dealerships, to Clear Lake.Knowing this JSC had no reason crying that they didn't get an Orbiter...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 10/08/2014 12:55 amHow many rich oil men are there in Texas and none of them wants to be a benefactor towards preserving a national artifact? A proper enclosure should have happened years ago...There is lots of money in the Houston area. But it takes a skilled fundraiser to tap it. The way to do it is to get a couple of famous Apollo astronauts on board and then walk them into some oil company HQs and ask for money. Play up the patriotism angle and all that. But if it was that easy, somebody would have done it already. You need a fundraiser who knows how to do that stuff and they are rare. Also, I suspect that part of the problem is that JSC is down in Clear Lake and not closer to the city itself. I don't think people in Houston think of Clear Lake as "Houston," and they would rather drive over to one of the museums in the city for a nice black tie event than head down 25, past the strip clubs and car dealerships, to Clear Lake.
How many rich oil men are there in Texas and none of them wants to be a benefactor towards preserving a national artifact? A proper enclosure should have happened years ago...