Heard about how they have to get rid of 300+ trees so I can imagine the environmentalist kooks will be livid over itIt wasn't the environmentalists but the residents of South LA who lost a lot of necessary mature shade trees.
The before and after pictures betray a now starkly barren neighborhood that people have to live with for one pass of the shuttle.
There is nowhere down there to plant 800 trees to replace the 400 removed much less expect shade from the little saplings anytime in a residents' lifespan.
It was not the final landing that should have been befitting the Endeavor.
In this image released by NASA, the Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft lands at Los Angeles International Airport, on September 21, 2012. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles (197,761,261.76kms). Beginning October 30, the shuttle will be on display in the California Science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion
