[caption id="attachment_12415" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Muon storage ring at Brookhaven. Credit: BNL"] [/caption]When NASA flew the shuttle prototype Enterprise through New York City last year, all we had to do was look out our windows at Scientific American one morning to watch it cruise past. Countless Americans got a look at one of the decommissioned shuttles as NASA paraded them around the country en route to their new homes at various museums. Part of the thrill was in getting close to the shuttles, of course, but there was also the appeal of seeing something so exotic gracing the mundane streets, the skies and the waterways of our cities. [More]














Source: Move Over, Space Shuttle: There's a New Science Giant Cruising the U.S. This Summer