NASA is absorbing the cost of "safeing" the vehicles, resulting in the price drop.

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The agency's release is pretty dry ("The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is issuing a Follow-up Request for Information (RFI) to obtain input from educational institutions, science museums, and other appropriate organizations about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display the Space Shuttle Orbiters after conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program").

That's not going to get the job done.

We're thinking more along these lines:

Hi, it's Vince with Shamwow NASA! You'll be saying wow every time you use this towel shuttle!

It's like a chamois space shuttle! It's like a towel space shuttle! It's like a sponge space shuttle....This is for the house space, the car space, the boat space, the RV space!

....It is made in Germany by the lowest bidder, you know the Germans government sub-contractors always make good stuff. You can cut it in half, use one as a bath mat, drain your dishes with the other one, use one as a towel. Olympic divers, they use it as a towel shuttle, or they would if they ever went to space.

Look at that! Completely dry! Put a wet sweater, roll it up, it dries doesn't dry your sweaters....You follow me, camera guy museum director? No other towel's gonna do that! It acts like works in a vacuum! And look at this - virtually dry on the bottom! See what I'm telling ya? Shamwow! The shuttle! You'll be saying wow every time!