Comments on: Why does Texas have the Space Shuttle on their license plate?

By: RonAndrewSchooly

RonAndrewSchooly — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:05:16 +0000

There are plenty of other things Texans could have on their plates: an illegal crossing the Rio Grande, the Alamo, or just a bloody ‘coonskin cap.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:29:57 +0000

So, yeah, we can put a space shuttle on our plates all we like, we’re just as heavily involved with NASA as any other state, and more than most. Would you have preferred they put a Saturn V rocket on there?

No, I would recommend to the state of Texas to only put stuff on their plates that actually have something to do with their state instead of sponging off on the achievements of other states.

The space shuttle wasn’t built in Texas.
It has never launched from Texas.
It has never landed in Texas.

If you want to bring attention to the Johnson Space Center, show a guy sitting in a chair staring at a monitor while he eats a donut.

By: cac

cac — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:20:33 +0000

Whoa, what with the hostility? Do recall that the space shuttle wouldn’t get very far without the Johnson Space Center in constant communication with it. Texas is a huge part of the NASA space program - in Clear Lake is the training facility for astronauts.

So, yeah, we can put a space shuttle on our plates all we like, we’re just as heavily involved with NASA as any other state, and more than most. Would you have preferred they put a Saturn V rocket on there?

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:16:58 +0000

Bush isn’t really from Texas. He’s from Connecticut. He just pretends to be a Texan on TV.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:39:57 +0000

Another sad irony about the shuttle on the Texas license plate is that most people in Texas probably couldn’t care less about it. And the last President from Texas who even pretended to give a fuck about the space program was Lyndon Johnson. God knows neither Bush has done shit for NASA.

–Steve

By: Jesse Jace

Jesse Jace — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:59:19 +0000

Everything’s bigger in Texas…including the Space Shuttle.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:34:35 +0000

Yeah, but it’s coming in for a landing. Something it only does in California and Florida and once in New Mexico.

By: David

David — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:26:05 +0000

One could argue that the Space Shuttle is in the sky, not in Texas.

Perhaps the guy on his horse is on his way to work at Mission Control.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:22:49 +0000

“NASA Mission Control is in Houston.”

Then why show the actual Space Shuttle? If that it was they are trying to convey, they should show a bank of computer monitors with a bunch of geeky guys looking at them. The actual Space Shuttle has NEVER been in Texas. They still put it on their license plate.

By: David

David — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:11:19 +0000

Houston, we have a problem.
NASA Mission Control is in Houston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Control_Center