Group Aims For Space Shuttle Display After 2010 Retirement
The Antelope Valley, home of Edwards Air Force Base and the
Lockheed "Skunk Works", is considered by many to be the birthplace
of modern US experimental jet aviation and space travel. Since the
end of World War II, the area has seen many X-planes of various
shapes and sizes take flight over its desert landscape and local
officials are aiming to consolidate that history and attract one of
its most famous products, a space shuttle orbiter, back to its
birthplace after retirement.