Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Flight
(Originally posted on April 21, 2012) The largest plastic model I’ve ever done was a 1/200 scale “Boeing 747 piggybacking a space shuttle” back in 1978.
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1 min readAug 13, 2017
But it was not the retiring Discovery, it’s Enterprise — the first prototype space shuttle carrying an affectionate name.
The NASA insignia on the 747 was different from today’s nostalgic “meatball” version, but the “red worm” celebrating the 200th Anniversary of USA.
It was over 30 years ago. The shuttles should retire alright, but is the 747 still the same one?
