I'm going to have to hand in my Trekkie card! I freakin' LIVE in Houston, I've been a fan of Trek since the early '70's, and yet somehow I never knew the Galileo was here!
Pretty awesome undertaking. I remember seeing a picture of the Galileo on the internet when she was sitting in an old prop yard. Quite an unfitting place for a piece of TV history. So glad to see her back to original glory. Preserved for eternity perhaps or at least till she is ready to fly again for the first time ;-)
Great job of restoration. However Why play TNG theme? Why weren't the restoration team at this presentation? "Galileo" not at Houston anymore and moved to The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.?
Can you give the actual, physical measurements at the longest extent from bow to stern, for to aft, front to back. Some say 22" Gene Whitfield say approx 28". The Wiki says 24" and the notes in text on the Space Center Houston says 23". As with many things Star Trek, you can never pin down the actual measurements of anything... I'm curious what the length is from the very leading edge of the bow, to the farthest point on the extended rear landing leg. Thank you.
@Grim Reaper Well, it's got to be between 24' and 28'. The more I look at it, the more I scale it out, the closer it has to be 28'. There is no way it's 22' or 23'... A shipwright said it was 24' but that may be just the shell and not with the nacelles on and the landing leg hanging off of the back.
Really incredible restoration of this historic piece of television history!
Great to see new shots of the unveiling. Well done show!
I'm going to have to hand in my Trekkie card! I freakin' LIVE in Houston, I've been a fan of Trek since the early '70's, and yet somehow I never knew the Galileo was here!
Pretty awesome undertaking. I remember seeing a picture of the Galileo on the internet when she was sitting in an old prop yard. Quite an unfitting place for a piece of TV history. So glad to see her back to original glory. Preserved for eternity perhaps or at least till she is ready to fly again for the first time ;-)
Great job of restoration.
However
Why play TNG theme?
Why weren't the restoration team at this presentation?
"Galileo" not at Houston anymore and moved to The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.?
Well done - STAR TREK LIVES :)
It looks great but it’s not really a restoration. New wood etc. it’s a recreation of the original. All of the original wood was tossed away
Can you give the actual, physical measurements at the longest extent from bow to stern, for to aft, front to back. Some say 22" Gene Whitfield say approx 28". The Wiki says 24" and the notes in text on the Space Center Houston says 23". As with many things Star Trek, you can never pin down the actual measurements of anything... I'm curious what the length is from the very leading edge of the bow, to the farthest point on the extended rear landing leg. Thank you.
@Grim Reaper Well, it's got to be between 24' and 28'. The more I look at it, the more I scale it out, the closer it has to be 28'. There is no way it's 22' or 23'... A shipwright said it was 24' but that may be just the shell and not with the nacelles on and the landing leg hanging off of the back.
I wonder what happened to the TNG shuttles.
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