stackyFACTSMoving a retired spacecraft through Los Angeles streets required chopping down hundreds of trees just so the wings would fit. The massive vessel crawled through neighborhoods, turning the ultimate symbol of cosmic transit into a gigantic neighborhood nuisance.
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