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The Greatest Spaceships Made From Scrap

With the space shuttle program about to be retired, we need a new class of crewed ships for space exploration. But Congress may never cough up the money to build them. Luckily, science fiction teaches us that anything can be a spaceship: an old airplane, a World War II battleship, a fairground ride... or even some junkyard debris, as Andy Griffith shows in this clip. Click through for our roundup of the best repurposed and recycled spaceships. More »

1:30 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
5,577 views, 42 comments

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