How I spent my summer vacation – on the Galileo

[newworld]

Today I got to hang out with a prop of some repute:

 

[yt]

Awesome!

 

[Apollo]

tre Cool!

 

[Nobby]

excellent! Are you bidding??

 

[Captain April]

"What a piece of junk!"...sorry wrong franchise. Wow the years have not been kind to the old girl. I would love see it in person.

 

[newworld]

excellent! Are you bidding??

Definitely not. It's just too big a job. Literally. This thing is big!

BTW, here's a detail shot showing the typical surface. Not good.

 

[ob1al]

That thing is knackered. Any restoration would basically mean a complete rebuild and repaint, preserving very little of the original.

Awesome that you spent some time with it though and thanks for sharing the photos, nice to see the old gal.

 

[asy0uw1sh]

Wow is this the same one that was last known to be in Akron, Ohio in the place that got demolished?

Kindest Regards,

Alan

 

[newworld]

Wow is this the same one that was last known to be in Akron, Ohio in the place that got demolished?

Kindest Regards,

Alan

Sort of. The reports of the "demolishing" were greatly exaggerated. Both the facility and the Galileo still survive.

Here's some additional shots showing the interior. The water-stained panels are original.

 

[Ghost Host]

really neat to see! Thanks. Would love to see shots from every side.

 

[CaptainDave1701]

It can be done...she can be repaired as good as new.With the talent that is here on this board anything is possible if they just can get their hands on her.I have seen worse brought back to former glory.Thanks for sharing the big mystery from my childhood.They found her and she is still with us.

 

[Jay1138]

Thanks for sharing pics wit us newworld. She gave us so many great memories

 

[TerryMcIntosh]

It's amazing that it survived (such as it is) all of these years. Thank you for sharing the photos of the old girl and best wishes to those that take on the restoration project so that she can reclaim all of her former glory!

 

[TomSpinaDesigns]

thanks for the pics, Don! Great stuff!

Tom

 

[jkno]

Wow really neat to see this cool piece of sci-fi history. I would like even more to see it fully restored one day.

 

[greatwazoo42]

I get the feeling that the only thing that could be done would be to preserve her in her current state and build a one to one restored replica based off laser scans of the original.

 

[Cueloopz]

Very interesting to see .. thanks for posting the pics

 

[Jsimon999]

Thanks Don for sharing these pics. That must have been a great experience. I too always wondered what happened to her.

Guess she was never in the hands of a true fan with the ability to preserve her from the start. A big prop to have to deal with though.

Jon

 

[Tobot]

I get the feeling that the only thing that could be done would be to preserve her in her current state and build a one to one restored replica based off laser scans of the original.

Exactly what I thought too

 

[Bronson BB]

Guess she was never in the hands of a true fan with the ability to preserve her from the start. A big prop to have to deal with though.

Jon

Someone who wasn't a true fan would have had the shuttle demolished years ago.
She may have lacked means, doesn't mean she lacked heart.