we will be thrilled by enterprise and the history, the unique history as this test vehicle for the program is something that will inspire generations to come. and she then added, that she hopes that a young man or woman going through the new museum there with the enterprise on board intrepid will be inspired to go to mars some day, which could be the next voyage. martha: that is clearly the next dream of the space program to go to mars. there s also been talk of returning to the moon, and you can see new yorkers perched there as they watched this. squinting into the sky to see this come into sight as it gets ready to fly into its new home area of new york city. we ll take a quick break. we are watching this. we ll be right back with much more as it comes into the intrepid area. we ll be right back.
martha: when discovery came into washington it had an escort plane as we watch it fly over new york city on the back left side. it s an extraordinary site. obviously leonard nimoy excited to see it once again having not seen it since 1976. when you think back to those days in the 70s, and this really spans sort of an american moment in history as well during the excitement of this whole space program, and you think about kids growing up and wanting to than astronauts, and you wonder what they think as they look at this. do they understand the significance of the shuttle program? do they understand how historic it was to be able to launch these shuttles that went back and forth and built the international space station as a hub in the sky to be hopefully a launch pad for so many future things. bill: enterprise was the teacher, and now the teacher will continue to teach so many students, you know, every year, year after year. martha: look at that, bill, i m sorry, it is looking like it s
enter prize, part of her history. we ll get one space shuttle in l.a. and one in florida in the space coast. one in the new york area. one in washington. folks in houston were not happy about the final decisions. martha: they were not. bill: their history . martha: that out come they would have liked to have one of these shuttles to commemorate the dedication that folks in houston put into the whole program ail along as well. i think they want to make enterprise feel special because enterprise did not go up and circle and go to the international space station. they re saying it made a huge contribution to the program overall. bill: houston biggest argument at johnson space center, why loss los angeles, why new york? it has been involved the very beginning with mission control. they made the biggest argument for having one of the shuttles retired in that area t won t happen. it won t be the case. however with millions of tourists that come to new york city from all around
science fix and the concepts of flying in space and what it might be like. it was perfect. bill: we just showed an image there, this is palmdale, california in 1976 when enterprise rolled out. there are members of nasa there, pam, if you can see your monitor and also members of the cast of star trek. perfect. that s perfect. that s a great shot. bill: it is, since 1985 nasa has had enterprise at the smithsonian institution for the national space and air museum in washington. we get one here in new york. what do you think it means to the city of new york to have such a piece of history coming here? well i think it s key, because it s a major population center, and it s really about the students. they ll have the opportunity to be inspired and to dream about
how does it look? good morning to you? reporter: guys it is very windy here at jfk. we re experiencing gusts up to 35 miles per hour right now. that could be a problem. all systems are go as we wait for this historic moment to take place here at jfk. as you ve been mentioning, the journey that enterprise will be taking is an historic one. this is kind of imagine you see a parade. peep people are lined up and down the streets for a parade that is going by. you should see all the blogs and tweets going on for anticipation of enterprise coming to new york city. people are scouting spots up and down hudson river, near the bridges and of course near the statue of liberty today. people have their cameras out. they are ready to watch this thing take place and post their pictures. a lot of excitement here today. we ll have a lot of dignitaries awaiting this arrival. you know what i just heard,