(KTRH) Houston's space community is hoping to finally put New York Sen. Chuck Schumer behind them with a three-day "shuttlebration" this weekend.
It was Schumer who said last summer, "Let me say to Houston what we say in Brooklyn, fuggedaboutit, they are not getting the shuttle."
But Space Center Houston this weekend is getting something -- the life-sized mock orbiter "Explorer" made of wood and metal.
Still, the center's Richard Allen says they have big plans for the replica.
