Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington D.C. The proposal is, putting it mildly, controversial.
The dispute started shortly after the space shuttle fleet was retired in 2011. The orbiter fleet, plus the space shuttle Enterprise, were distributed to various venues where they could be visited by tourists as historical artifacts.
The shuttles are on display in the current locations. Shuttle Atlantis is at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Shuttle Discovery is at — the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Shuttle Endeavour is at the California Science Center. And Shuttle Enterprise is at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum…