This looks to be an excellent rendition of the Shuttle, as is the Saturn V an excellent rendition of it's real life counterpart.I strongly suspect people will choose a favourite based on what vehicle people have more of a connection with. LEGO 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery has been unveiled by the LEGO Group, with the 2,354 piece set preparing for launch on April 1. What are two gold sticks used for (seen next to the brick separator in this photo)?https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/10283-1.jpg. Besides just the size of the capsule, the intent and capability of Apollo was different from the earlier programs, and was designed by a different contractor, so naturally there aren’t many similarities. "It’s probably because they used a pre-production version of this set in the video, and those details might have been changed by Lego between filming of the video and the public reveal. The LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283) is a larger, more detailed version of its predecessor, the LEGO Space Shuttle Discovery-STS-31 (7470) released in 2003. many other accurate details. New elements have been developed around the payload bay, faithfully recreating the original shape from the Space Shuttle. Now, manufacture of the original fleet stretched out over at least five years, based on the four-year stretch between first flights. REMINDER: NO NOTES IN PAYPAL. ...It would go on to complete 39 missions, fly 238 kilometres...I think they did a small error on the instructions manual, by a factor of one million. LEGO has achieved outstanding success with earlier NASA models and 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery maintains that exceptional standard. @aamartin0000:Apollo was a whole different ball of wax. @xboxtravis7992 said:""Another matching airlock, which was used when docking with the International Space Station and Mir, is placed on the port side"That is not an airlock or docking adapter. It looks awful. But it is an amazing model anyway, nice review! Call spots: Y. LEGO 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery has been unveiled by the LEGO Group, with the 2,354 piece set preparing for launch on April 1. Do they have to license it for every single set they use it in and since STS-31 is a worm era flight only the worm was licensed for it? ! Was hoping we'd get a peek at the VIP reward Ulysses Space Probe set here, but I guess that was too much to hope for. 1800 points is equivalent to just over £10 - I have doubts that the set will be going for as little as £10 on ebay. I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1200px-STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg Spacelab and the similar Spacehab would be another great aftermarket set mod, which placed a module inside the cargo bay that expanded the interior space available to the shuttle and was used on several free flying missions before the ISS and its lab space was installed. . Good for space fans though. That demonstrates wonderful attention to detail as the telescope was deployed with its solar panels retracted. Printing such detail could achieve greater accuracy, although actually building the umbilical panel is more fun! Only a few changes in the overall marking/colours (especially for Columbia and Enterprise) would be required. This mirror should be fixed substantially deeper within the housing, although that space is instead required to strengthen the internal structure. It’s like smoking, only worse. This stand certainly feels stable on completely flat surfaces but does sometimes tip backwards if the surface underneath is uneven or soft, unfortunately. And what really ended the program is that the STS trapped us in our own yard, basically. The decorated curved slope on the exterior is perfectly accurate though, featuring both NASA and ESA branding to reflect the international development of this famous scientific instrument. Their curving shape looks absolutely brilliant and I think dark bluish grey was the correct colour choice. 49 Greek Street Take a journey of exploration with this LEGO® NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283) model building kit for adults. . . All future modules would be ISS equipment being transported to the station or the equipment for the final Hubble Service Mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107 That kind of is what I find fascinating about the Shuttle, its arguably one of the most beautiful spacecraft ever flown (with Buran coming across as an imitation) and the iconic craft of my childhood. Looking at it you are correct, they seem to dock via side hatches in that film. Not including it in a set is something different than actively avoiding it :). Furthermore, the intricate details demonstrate outstanding fidelity to the original spacecraft. April is here and with it comes a massive new NASA model inspired by a real-life mission. This makes five sets that are known to include them. As an aside, can you imagine what the Apollo 1 fire would have been like if there were ejection seats in that pure-oxygen atmosphere? The satellite is protected by reflective thermal blankets that are represented by metallic silver drum-lacquered elements here. Maybe what SpaceX needs to nudge them is for another smaller private company to sign up with Lego for a licensed set first, thus forcing SpaceX to finally follow suit shortly afterwards... RocketLab would make the best contender for a private company to sign up for a Lego set first, Peter Beck is a pretty chill guy and is pushing his company in a more public direction with their recent stock launch and addition of RocketLab decals officially to the Kerbal Space Program video game, and Electron or even Neutron (once it flies) would make a nice little Lego set. Other than that: i want!b. (it'd be interesting to see this Lego product next to it). Oh I always wanted to get set 10231 but completely missed that one. The designer behind LEGO 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery says the set’s original concept model was assembled in a single day..