www.pacificparanormal.com

Research and Reference => Science In the News => Topic started by: Gary on June 11, 2010, 12:01:01 PM

Title: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: Gary on June 11, 2010, 12:01:01 PM
Yes, you heard me!  It is however only a replica that doesn't fly, with no detailed interior (that is extra), for only $2.2 Million!!! 

http://www.spacetoys.com/proddetail.php?prod=spaceshuttleorbiter&cat=12
(http://www.spacetoys.com/prodimages/Shuttle-discovery.jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Brian on June 11, 2010, 10:22:08 PM
That's pretty cool looking.  ;D Judging by the arial picture, I don't think I have enough room in my garage for it.
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Debra on June 11, 2010, 11:06:18 PM
Quote from: PPI Brian M on June 11, 2010, 10:22:08 PM
That's pretty cool looking.  ;D Judging by the arial picture, I don't think I have enough room in my garage for it.

Maybe if I dig through the couch, I can find enough change to buy it.
PPI can use it as a lab and command central...
;D
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 12, 2010, 12:18:35 AM
Hey!  Great idea, Debra!!  I found 52 cents in my couch!  It's a start!  OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!!    ;D   Hey!!!  Can I be Gilligan????
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Debra on June 12, 2010, 12:35:08 AM
Quote from: PPI Lillie on June 12, 2010, 12:18:35 AM
Hey!  Great idea, Debra!!  I found 52 cents in my couch!  It's a start!  OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!!    ;D   Hey!!!  Can I be Gilligan????

Well then, it's a done deal, Gilligan and all!
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 12, 2010, 02:06:24 AM
Quote from: Debra, PPI Consultant on June 12, 2010, 12:35:08 AM
Quote from: PPI Lillie on June 12, 2010, 12:18:35 AM
Hey!  Great idea, Debra!!  I found 52 cents in my couch!  It's a start!  OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!!    ;D   Hey!!!  Can I be Gilligan????

Well then, it's a done deal, Gilligan and all!

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!!!!!  I'm gonna go buy my hat!
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Tim on June 12, 2010, 10:45:27 AM
New show coming out in the fall.
"Gilligan's Spaceship" Cue the music
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 12, 2010, 03:17:45 PM
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this trop-IC PORT aboard this tiny ship...."    hahaha!!!    ;D
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Brian on June 12, 2010, 06:29:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/cfR7qxtgCgY&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 12, 2010, 07:11:31 PM
HAHAHA!!!!  I LOVE IT!!!!     :D   Thanks Brian!!!
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Debra on June 12, 2010, 09:27:53 PM
Quote from: PPI Brian M on June 12, 2010, 06:29:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/cfR7qxtgCgY&hl=en_US&fs=1&

I think I just had a flash back... :o
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: Gary on June 12, 2010, 09:35:05 PM
Wow, no joke!!!  That really was an epic show!!!
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Karl on June 13, 2010, 01:04:16 AM
The neighborhood kids and I used to play Gilligan's Island when I was . . . let me think . . . younger than I am now.   They always made me Gilligan.  Not really sure how I felt about that.  I had a soft spot for Gilligan on the show so, on the one hand, I was kind of flattered, but on the other hand he was the character everyone felt they could deride.  To put me in character, they used to coach me into doing stupid things so that they could scold me for them.  More than forty years later, no wonder I was so into the show Lost.  It was a revenge fantasy for every kid who got stuck being Gilligan.  ;D

What's this thread about, anyways?  Oh yeah.  Cool.
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 13, 2010, 07:44:25 AM
awwwwwww!  lol    :D
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Jason on June 14, 2010, 11:08:01 PM
I loved Gilligan's Island. But I think, looking at my childhood retrospectively, that I loved the idea of getting away from society and starting a complete Utupia based entirely on small scale democracy and coconuts. I mean they had no laws, not jails, no crime, no wars, and if the other members of the island pissed you off you could always move to the other side of the island and live with that large man in that gorilla suit. The only intrusion to the island was the occasional visit by "Wrong Way" Corrigan and/or the Harlem Globetrotters.

I think the only thing I would have done differently is to invent an armory of coconut based weaponry including large coconut mines with which to surround the island, and prevent further intrusion by those Soviets that kept showing up with their mini-submarine, and possibly coconut anti-aircraft weaponry to ensure no invasion from above.
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 15, 2010, 04:57:24 AM
hahaha!!!!   :D   I still love the trunks full of clothes and stuff they brought with them "for a three hour tour".    :D   Sounds like me!
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Tracy on June 15, 2010, 01:51:55 PM
Quote from: PPI Karl on June 13, 2010, 01:04:16 AM
The neighborhood kids and I used to play Gilligan's Island when I was . . . let me think . . . younger than I am now.   They always made me Gilligan.  Not really sure how I felt about that.  I had a soft spot for Gilligan on the show so, on the one hand, I was kind of flattered, but on the other hand he was the character everyone felt they could deride.  To put me in character, they used to coach me into doing stupid things so that they could scold me for them.  More than forty years later, no wonder I was so into the show Lost.  It was a revenge fantasy for every kid who got stuck being Gilligan.  ;D

What's this thread about, anyways?  Oh yeah.  Cool.

Hey now.  Gilligan saved their butts more times than I can remember.  He wasn't just Skipper's "little buddy" he was the one....the only...the original...."McGyver". 
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Tim on June 15, 2010, 11:38:10 PM
That is why it was called "Gilligan's Island".
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: ljiljanac on June 16, 2010, 01:56:57 AM
Quote from: PPI Tim on June 15, 2010, 11:38:10 PM
That is why it was called "Gilligan's Island".

Ooooooooo, good point.      :D
Title: Re: You too can own the Space Shuttle Oribter
Post by: PPI Tracy on June 16, 2010, 05:42:11 PM
Quote from: PPI Tim on June 15, 2010, 11:38:10 PM
That is why it was called "Gilligan's Island".

That's right!  All those others were just Gilligan's little minions!  (see Karl...you were a genius even back then!  king of the kiddo block!)