Congressman Ted Poe demands answers from NASA. The Texas Republican says he was shocked to hear that Houston is one of the four former space shuttle was refused.

On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Atlantis will go to Florida, Endeavour will be sent to California and discovery was awarded to the Smithsonian's Steven f. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.

The prototype orbiter enterprise, which was used for testing, but never flew in space, will be sent to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

Poe said "NASA made a mistake," during a Sunday interview with Fox News. "People understand that the center of space exploration at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It's been almost 50 years. It is a historic blunt, if you will, to the shuttle and put it somewhere else. "

Poe added that enterprise to send to New York was "as put the Statue of Liberty in Omaha."

After the decision was announced, letter Poe and other members of the delegation from Texas to Bolden. In it, the Texas legislators pose questions like "what factors did you use when making your decision?" and "there are no historical connections between NASA and New York City in General?"

In a statement to Fox News, NASA responded, "We understand that some people are disappointed with the selections for placements for former orbiters. However, NASA undertook an exhaustive process, under the guidance of officials, to ensure that these national treasures would be displayed in settings where the largest number of Americans could see them and learn more about their storied history. "

The Declaration of the NASA concluded with, "we stand by our process and the selections made."

Poe says that answer "is not good enough."

"Astronauts live here, their families life here. Several generations of people who came from across the United States to program the NASA live in Houston, "Poe argued. "So we want the shuttle to be where it should be."

Johnson Mission Control ran every Shuttle mission, including Apollo 13, when the infamous line, "Houston, we have a problem" was spoken.

When asked if he would consider a lawsuit to a shuttle service to Houston, Poe answered: "we are open for everything."

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