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We
went on a bus tour of KSC, here is the Vehicle Assembly building. The
flag is the largest painted American flag in the world. They said each
stripe is 8 feet wide. |
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Another
shot - the doors take an average of 45 minutes to open. |
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Another
shot of the VAB. |
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Another
shot of this. |
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Here
is the control center for all of the shuttle launches. |
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Looks
like Nancy got a better picture of this than I did. : ) |
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Here
is Lynn's mom Nancy looking on. I was trying to get a picture of the
crawler that carries the shuttle. Very impressive piece of machinery, I
must admit. |
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Here
is Launch Pad 39A, where the shuttle launches. We were at the
Observation deck, which is about a mile from the launch pad. |
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In
the observation area, they had a bunch of exhibits, this is a model of
the 747 that carries the shuttle if it lands at Edwards Air Force base
in California. It also happens to be one of my favorite LEGO sets as
well. : ) |
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More
shots of the 747. |
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More
shots of the 747. |
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More
shots of the 747. |
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Here
is a shot of the tiles they use on the shuttle, which is absolutely
critical to have going in and out of orbit. |
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Here
is a model of the shuttle assembly in the VAB. Pretty small compared to
the Saturn 5 rocket. |
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Here
is Lynn and Nancy on top of the observation platform. Say NASA! |
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Here
is the entrance to the Saturn 5 center. They had a clock so you can see
when they will let you in. When you got in after 10 minutes, you stood
and watched some of the history of the Saturn project. |
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This
is the control room for the Saturn 5, and they actually went through the
whole sequence of a launch, which was neat to see. All the lights lit up
and the like. |
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They
also had a Saturn 5 Center on site, and they had a restored Saturn 5
Rocket on display. Here is the back of it. |
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I
was trying to get all the engines in one shot. Good luck! |
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Almost! |
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D'oh! |
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Here
is a size comparison, as many others were getting pictures here too. My
camera died after this picture, so Nancy used Milo's for the rest of the
day. |
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A
shot of the Saturn 5 Rocket. |
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Here
are some satellites, I am not sure what they are, I did not see a
sign. |
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Here
is a side shot of the rockets. |
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Here
is the end of Stage 1 and the beginning of stage two. The model on the
bottom shows some of the workings of the rocket itself. |
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The
side of Stage 1. |
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Here
is the moon lander.
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Here
are the final stages.
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Another
shot. |
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A
side shot. |
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Here is the top of the rocket, with the
returning module. |
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After the final Saturn 5 movie, they had us
go into this future of travel, this is a shot of the cancelled X-33
project, you can see Lynn in the middle. |
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Here are some rovers you can control, it was
neat to see them climb rocks. |
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Here is the moon rover. |
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Here is the capsule again. |
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Another shot of the Saturn 5 and the
building. |
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Here is an actual spacesuit that the Apollo Astronauts
used. |
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Here is a shot of inside. |
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Another shot. |
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Here is Rocket gardens. Unfortunately, it
was about 5:45PM when we got here, so we didn't have a lot of time to
look around. |
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Another shot, Lynn was looking at the side
of the building, 2 pictures down. |
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A nice shot of the rockets. |
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A nice picture to wrap up. : ) |
