Texas Senators have launched an all-out crusade to break Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces and move it to their state . This iconic spacecraft has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for more than a decade, and the institution isn’t giving it up without a fight.

As this saga has unfolded over the past several months, the Smithsonian has warned Congress that breaking Discovery apart would not only be costly but would also risk destroying its historical value. Now, Texas Senators have called on the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian’s “illegal lobbying” against the shuttle’s move.

“This is a silly attempt to silence the Smithsonian from publicly defending their full and permanent ‘right, title and interest’ of Di

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