 FRIDAY |
TRAVEL DAY |
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 SATURDAY |
RELAXATION DAY |
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After experiencing the Pandora: Flight of Passage ride at Disney we talked about how we now needed to rewatch the Avatar movie. Guess what, I found the one and only copy in hundreds of DVDs that were up for sale. A couple of Harry Potter movies for Tricia, Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, RV starring Robin Williams and Into the Wild, a movie about living alone in the Alaska wilderness were the movies we ended up purchasing. We now have enough movies to keep us entertained when reading books just doesn't sound to appealing.
 SUNDAY |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER |
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Once through the gate more than half the people headed out in the same direction, towards the bus tour that takes you over to the Apollo/Saturn V Center. On the bus you will travel past the launch pads and assembly building where every trip to the moon started. We learned that the Assembly Building is the tallest single-story building in the world at over 400 feet tall. We saw the huge crawling dollies that move the rockets from the assembly building out to the launch pad.
Once inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center we walked under a horizontally suspended Saturn V rocket, trust me when I say it's huge at 363 feet. There are several documentary style films to watch and of course the obligatory gift shop you must pass through to get back on the bus, I guess they did learn something from Disney after all. Back on the bus and back to the main attraction area of the park, where there were several more buildings full of things to see.
The first one we went into was dedicated to the Space Shuttle Atlantis. After it's final mission it was brought here and put on display. You can get close enough to it to almost touch it, and again, it's huge. One thing we saw of particular interest to us was the vintage Airstream Motorhome that was used to transport astronauts to the launch pad. Another display that stood apart from the others was the Forever Rememberd hall. It's a memorial dedicated to the astronauts who lost their lives on the Challenger and Columbia shuttle missions.
Finally we sat through a presentation by an actual astronaut, Mark Lee. He was the first man to do an untethered space walk with only a jetpack on his back to keep him safe from floating away. Since then all space walks, tethered or not use a jetpack for safety. After his talk and questions from the crowd you could stand in line in the lobby to have your picture taken with him with your own camera, in other words nothing you then have to buy. If you so desired, you could also go over to the gift shop and get an autograph. It was great seeing all the younger people, and some adults, from the audience so excited about the opportunity for this up close and personal encounter.
In summary, I guess if you are really interest in the space program, this is a unique opportunity to further your interests. For me, it was still a very informative and pleasant visit, but I don't think I'll need to revisit here anytime in the future.
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