This wooden model was originally built to show senators and congressmembers what their money was buying. After the Challenger exploded, astronauts participated in timing tests to see how fast they could escape the mockup. The mockup is too big to move. Here's a healt to the ship's designers, and the welders of her seams, And all who man the radar-scan to watch our dawning dreams. Step by step the longest march can be won, can be won.
Many stones can form an arch, singly none, singly none.
And together what we will can be accomplished still. Many drops can turn a mill, singly none, singly none. Maybe you can help save a small piece of aerospace history. Contact the Aerospace Legacy Foundation to help preserve a portion of the Downey facility as a museum, and as a tribute to the start of the space age.