First Shuttle Mockup Display

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This week's This Week In Space features a full-size mockup of a space shuttle

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This Week In Space: Full-size full-size shuttle mockup will soon go on public display in its birthplace in Southern California , the city of Downey .

Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Ben Dickow , executive director and president of the Columbia Memorial Space Center .

The mockup was what closed the deal between NASA and Rockwell to build the shuttles and inspired many in Congress to support the program.

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