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Space Shuttle Enterprise: Flashback to an Icon of ‘70s Design

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The space shuttle now atop the Intrepid is a flashback—to an era of pure functionalism. By Blake Gopnik.

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The space shuttle Enterprise was about moving people through space, but I’d say it is also a time machine. On July 19, crowds will gather to see the

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