The bill would require NASA to move the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston within 18 months of enactment. NASA and the Smithsonian would have 90 days to send Congress a transfer plan with a timeline and cost estimate. After the move, Discovery would be displayed to the public within five miles of the Johnson Space Center. NASA would later transfer ownership to a nonprofit entity it selects, which would have to keep the shuttle on public display in that area to support science, technology, engineering, and math learning.
The bill would place Discovery on public display near the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It does not specify when the public display would open or how visitors would access it.
The bill authorizes Congress to provide any amounts needed to carry it out. It does not state a specific amount. The transfer plan must include a cost estimate.
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