Senator John Cornyn has a clear message in the aftermath of the new NASA administrator questioning the logistics and cost of getting Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Washington to Houston's Johnson Space Center.
"No, we are not giving up and we are making good progress," Senator Cornyn said.
Cornyn says the Office of Management and Budget is now seeking bids to transport the orbiter which has been on display in Washington since shortly after the Space Shuttle Program's retirement in 2011.
Recently, Senators Cornyn and Ted Cruz were able to allocate $85-million to make the move possible.
The Smithsonian has warned moving the orbiter could cause irreparable harm to it and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman mentioned that there are other historic spacecraft that could eventually call Johnson Space Center home.
When the Space Shuttle was operational, NASA used a specially-designed 747 aircraft to move the orbiters around in between missions.
"Once we get the shuttle onto barges and in waterways, it can easily be transported," Cornyn said. "You don't have to use the 747."
Space Shuttle Enterprise was moved from Washington to New York City to make way for Discovery. Atlantis is housed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex in Florida. Endeavour is on display in California.