Kennedy Space Center

The Internet connection seems to be co-operating tonight so I'm just gonna keep bloggin' this is from Kennedy space center, all I had time to talk about the other night was Jon McBride, that was the highlight, but here is some stuff from in between that lunch.....

On July 16, 1969, more than 30 stories above the launch pad for the huge Saturn V Rocket, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins walked across this service Arm from the launch tower to the command module of Apollo 11. Their next stop: the Moon's sea of tranquility.

they have a launch simulator here that is apparently very similar to take off. We don't have to sit lying back for 3 hours, they skipped that part for us, but it shakes the hell outta ya!! Then when the fuel thingy disconnects the ride is smooth, it feels like you have lost power, when you are in the right position the window opens on the roof and you can see earth. Very kewl.

in the background is the Shuttle "Discovery" ready for launching on Aug 25 @ 1:36 AM it was originally supposed to launch on Aug 18 and we had tickets, but that date was scrubbed.

this is the actual setting, the chairs, computers etc of the room the day they landed on the moon, this was where they watched the famous first steps.

Rocket Garden. These things are HUGE!!