The Tragic Tale Of How NASA Space Planes Ended Up In Someone’s Backyard

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The Tragic Tale Of How NASA Space Planes Ended Up In Someone’s Backyard

The craft were once seen as the future of cheaper, faster space access. Since then they have been reduced to backyard junk that nobody wants to claim.

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[Byeman]

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[Whisperstream]

Yeah, but where are they now?

Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick published their story and pictures on The Drive in February 2019. Shortly afterward, a flatbed truck arrived at Smith's QuickCrane and some "government type" told the proprietor that they were there to take the craft away.

Neither X-34 has been seen since. I made a number of inquiries. Apparently, they are not at NASA Armstrong, the Edwards boneyard, the AF Flight Test Museum, or the PIRA (a place where things sometimes get buried). There was a company at the time in Van Nuys that wanted to reverse engineer the X-34 but I don't know if they had any involvement with the disappearance.

 

[Orionblamblam]

I'd check in Beijing.

 

[martinbayer]

I'd check in the Indiana Jones warehouse just a few boxes down from the Ark.