Alan Browne wrote in
:


Some interesting photos coming out of LA as they move the shuttle from
LAX to its new home. A logistical nightmare with some amusing side
effects:

The plan:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...74/route_1.jpg

Of course you recognize this sign from driving school:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...-move-again.jp
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Of course everyone has to take a snapshot:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e.../74/camera.jpg

A little perspective is nice:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...s/74/delay.jpg

Some guys can't keep their shadows out:
http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress....ttle_d2_29.jpg

No plan ever survives execution:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...ht-squeeze.jpg

New highway standards are needed:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...orum-photo.jpg

"Keeping up with the Jones's is getting a bit out of hand."
http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress....ttle_d2_24.jpg

Watch for predators:
http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress....ttle_d2_25.jpg

Nuthin' special:
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e...4/traymond.jpg

All of the above from the LA Times
(Watch for the Toyota advert as at one point a Toyota Tundra was used
to tow the shuttle for a short segment over a highway...)
http://timelines.latimes.com/media/e.../endeavour.jpg



Would have been nice if they'd had some kind of replacement in-place
before killing the Shuttle. Now, it's "hat-in-hand" begging to the
Russians to launch American astronauts. I never thought I'd see this day
come...