They'll be out there for the next 10 years trying to figure this out. The space shuttle Discovery is an important historical artifact. It [the space shuttle Discovery] inspires wannabe scientists, and it's also a critically important subject of research for historians, scientists, and engineers. We shouldn't chop up this piece of history. The shuttle has been in Virginia, needs to stay in Virginia, and we're going to do all we can to fight to make that happen. (00:29–01:25)
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Asserts that the space shuttle Discovery inspires scientists and is important for research.
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