NASA 'lowers' the space shuttle Discovery

If you are looking for a product that is much lower in the world, contact the US Aerospace Agency (NASA). The agency lowered the price of the space shuttle Discovery, which is expected to "retire" later this year, from £ 25.8 million to £ 17.7 million.

Space shuttle Discovery

The reduction in shuttle prices was partly due to the economic downturn, so NASA wanted to sell out-of-use shuttles to collect a budget to reinvest into newer generation shuttles. The discount will depend on the cost of transporting a ship from the Kennedy Space Center to another place.

Space shuttle Discovery has completed a total of 37 5247 space and flying trips around the earth's orbit. This ship was promised by NASA to be sold to the Smithsonian National Space Museum in Washington DC (USA).

Meanwhile, NASA is also selling two other shuttles, Atlantis and Endeavor. The US aerospace agency could also 'offer' Enterprise, the first prototype spacecraft that never flew to space.

NASA plans to sell these shuttles later this year when they reach the age of 'retire'. Later, the agency will use the new generation 1-X Ares boosters for manned shuttles from 2015.

In addition, NASA also announced it would sell the main engines of the spacecraft. NASA sold them for $ 400,000-800,000 per engine, but no one asked to buy. Therefore, the engine, along with the other equipment of the ship, will be free if someone has the ability to transport and pack it to take it away.