( CNN ) -- Two Texas lawmakers , upset that Houston was not picked as one of the retirement homes for NASA 's space shuttles , introduced legislation Friday that would bring the Discovery shuttle to the city for 15 years . NASA announced Tuesday the locations to receive the four remaining space shuttles -- three historic orbiters and the program 's test vehicle . The space shuttle Atlantis will be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida ; the Endeavour , at the California Science Center in Los Angeles ; the Discovery , at the Smithsonian 's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia ; and the test shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea , Air & Space Museum in New York . `` The Smithsonian is America 's museum . Over the years of their history , they have readily loaned major U.S. artifacts to the American people . What better community to host an orbiter than Houston , Texas , '' Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee , D-Texas , said in a statement . `` America is a great country . It is a fair country , and this is a solution that is both great and fair . '' Houston is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center , which is where NASA 's Mission Control Center is located . `` The goal of this bill is to reverse an unjust decision which would have an adverse economic impact on the city of Houston . The Johnson Space Center and its committed workforce have been a key component of the space shuttle program since it started in the 1980s , '' said Rep. Al Green , D-Texas , who introduced the legislation along with Jackson Lee . Earlier this week , 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives Texas delegation sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to express their disappointment and to say they were prepared to use their power in Congress to `` stop this wasteful decision . '' The decision the lawmakers seem most concerned about is the one to send the test shuttle Enterprise to New York . The Enterprise now is on display at the Smithsonian 's National Air and Space Museum . The Enterprise , which never flew in space , will be moved to New York so the Smithsonian can make room for Discovery . `` It defies logic for a shuttle to go to New York City , a place with no connection to NASA . It 's like putting the Statue of Liberty in Omaha , '' Rep. Ted Poe , R-Texas , said in a statement . Housing a space shuttle is not just an honor -- it means money , according to the executive director of New York 's Intrepid Museum . Susan Marenoff estimates that once the shuttle is in place , her museum will see an additional 300,000 people and $ 106 million in economic benefit . That is a benefit Texans believe is rightfully theirs . Rep. Pete Olson , also a Texas Republican , bluntly reiterated that in a statement , saying , `` No city in the world deserves a shuttle more than Houston , certainly not New York . ''
Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center and NASA 's Mission Control Center . The city was not selected to receive a retired space shuttle . The shuttle will bring the Discovery shuttle to Houston for 15 years . Communities housing the shuttles are expected to experience a tourist boom .