This is very interesting. It would be nice to know what happened to it. By the looks of all the restoration, there wouldn't have been a whole lot left of the original anyhow. Sadly, many of these things were not realized back then to be worth anything so they were junked. A similar story for the Robot on Lost In Space as it was redesigned and used for a Saturday morning kids show in 1977. By the time it was restored only about 30% of it was original.
It's sad that better care wasn't taken of the old shuttlecraft Galileo, but now it's too late to save this without just building a new unit. It would cost more money to try to fix this than a new one would cost just to construct from the ground up. Hopefully if they do build a new version it will be somewhat larger in specs so the actual interior would fit into the exterior shell.
That really sucks. I can't believe it's not in the Smithsonian or another museum somewhere. Some day I'd like to build a full-scale replica of one of these shuttles.
There is no speculation..the poor craft was beyond repair and literally thrown away as junk. Scrapped with other pieces of scrap metal and wood.
The owner could not be contacted and the new owner of the yard it was stored in saw it under a tarp and it looked like a pile of scrap wood with paint on it. he had it hauled away as scrap and it was destroyed.
There are several projects going on to build at least two new ones from scratch.
The owner has just made a post on the Galileo 7 restoration video. She claims she will put it up for auction in a couple of months.
kitt2000car 6 days ago
A guy made a replica out of a motorhome in Sacramento? CA, it was driven around the lakebed at the Burning Man festival a few years ago...
genemaguire 3 weeks ago
This is very interesting. It would be nice to know what happened to it. By the looks of all the restoration, there wouldn't have been a whole lot left of the original anyhow. Sadly, many of these things were not realized back then to be worth anything so they were junked. A similar story for the Robot on Lost In Space as it was redesigned and used for a Saturday morning kids show in 1977. By the time it was restored only about 30% of it was original.
outsider497 1 month ago
It's sad that better care wasn't taken of the old shuttlecraft Galileo, but now it's too late to save this without just building a new unit. It would cost more money to try to fix this than a new one would cost just to construct from the ground up. Hopefully if they do build a new version it will be somewhat larger in specs so the actual interior would fit into the exterior shell.
Jashuh1 1 month ago
A pieces of TV history thrown away,what a loss.
humberlick 2 months ago
It still exists. Lynne Miller has it in Akron, OH.
As of a couple of weeks ago, Doug Drexler and Mike Okuda may be now involved in the restoration.
rbtrolinger 2 months ago
That really sucks. I can't believe it's not in the Smithsonian or another museum somewhere. Some day I'd like to build a full-scale replica of one of these shuttles.
tjhaywood100 4 months ago
There is no speculation..the poor craft was beyond repair and literally thrown away as junk. Scrapped with other pieces of scrap metal and wood.
The owner could not be contacted and the new owner of the yard it was stored in saw it under a tarp and it looked like a pile of scrap wood with paint on it. he had it hauled away as scrap and it was destroyed.
There are several projects going on to build at least two new ones from scratch.
Mobius303 5 months ago
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WTF? Where is it? NASA could use it now
kingofallwhites 5 months ago
WTF? Where is it? NASA could use it now!
kingofallwhites 5 months ago
what a loss......................
kahn1701 5 months ago