WASHINGTON — Texas state leaders may want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its home in Virginia to Houston, but Virginia Senate Democrats and their allies are moving to block it.

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They say that although President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” earmarked $85 million for the move from the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly to Space Center Houston, that may be just a fraction of the total cost.

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, along with Mark Kelly (AZ) and Dick Durbin (IL), are leading a fight to block the move.

According to Smithsonian estimates, $50 million to move the shuttle is just the start – and taxpayers could wind up being on the hook for a total of $375 million once planning, exh

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