Where is Galileo?

[gomtuu20]

Where is the restored Galileo?
A few years ago, we drove from Illinois to Houston to see it. We called the space center before we left to confirm it was there. When we got there, we were told it left the day before had gone to another museum. Of course, the employees had no clue where it went. I then heard it was at the set tour in Ticonderoga, New York, but their website doesn't seem to have any information on it whatsoever.
Can anyone tell me where it is currently located? Is it available to the public for viewing?

 

[1001001]

I’m pretty sure it’s at Ticonderoga.

At least it was a couple of years ago.

 

[Ronald Held]

AFAIK it is not available for public viewing.

 

[gomtuu20]

AFAIK it is not available for public viewing.

This saddens me. The previous owner spent something like $100,000 to restore it and then donated it to a museum to be displayed, and they then promptly got rid of it. Whoever has it now (The Set Tour, apparently) is apparently not displaying it. I don't understand why.

 

[Ronald Held]

A reason is there is no display area for it yet. I will try to remember to ask on my next trip there.

 

[publiusr]

I am seeing more of this:

Early european rocketry projects

Apologies the photocopier was not good... Europa III

www.secretprojects.co.uk

—and that’s in *Europe*…where they generally think more of history than Americans.

Galileo might still be aboard the Intrepid—if it had a tailhook.

The crew-cuts didn’t want it any more than real-spacers…

 

[Search4]

It’s at the Ticonderoga set. But not yet on display.

 

[drt]

A reason is there is no display area for it yet. I will try to remember to ask on my next trip there.

I could see that, Ticonderoga seems to want to have things in context. Instead of just having it randomly off to the side, I could see them wanting to make it accessible through a doorway with all of the hangar deck signage, etc., like it would have been in TOS.

 

[Phaser Two]

I could see that, Ticonderoga seems to want to have things in context. Instead of just having it randomly off to the side, I could see them wanting to make it accessible through a doorway with all of the hangar deck signage, etc., like it would have been in TOS.

Heck, they may want to construct the hangar deck! I don't know if they have enough room, but it's a thought.

 

[publiusr]

It would look nice at an old airship hangar—finally a 1:1 scale TAS’ shuttlebay

 

[Henoch]

It would look nice at an old airship hangar—finally a 1:1 scale TAS’ shuttlebay

Found it; second one on the left.

 

[Nerys Myk]