Katie,
Oooooh, LUCKY!!! (working there).
Didja see the neat CNN special last week with space correspondent Miles
O'Brien? It was an hour documentary following Discovery through its
10-month processing between landing and launch. Great shots in the OPF and
VAB, even inside the engine compartments, etc.
Would love to see any of your pics.
Re: the current administration -- depends on whether they can drill for oil
on Merritt Island (even though it's a National Widlife Refuge).
In April '85 was very lucky to get tickets to the NASA VIP Bleachers
(adjacent to the family bleachers) for a successful launch of Challenger
carrying Spacelab. Katie, am I correct that these are the bleachers that
are right outside the Moon Rock Cafe in the new Saturn V building??
Actually lugged prehistoric home video all the way to Florida -- 14 lb.
battery-powered VCR connected to separate camera. Got a mount adapter for
the camera to put Canon 35mm lenses on it, and was able to take sorta
close-up home video of the launch from 3.5 miles away. Nine months later,
the Challenger disaster was even more gut-wrenching having literally been
there.
Hey gang, she's right -- the KSC Visitor Center and tour are worth at least
an entire day of your visit to Orlando. They even have video screens on the
air-conditioned tour buses providing info while you drive from one building
to another.
/Space Cadet Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:12 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Photo (and Religion)
I had to pop in on this one <cf_usuallyalurker>. I
work at Kennedy Space Center, and the improvements
I've seen in the "visitor" experience have been
amazing. Yes, you will part with some $$$ but it's
way cheaper than the mouse (Disney) and the historical
significance is awesome. Any of you going to the
conference this year? You might want to take a couple
extra days to check it out. It's about a 1 hour drive
from the conference site. I'd be happy to provide
directions and info to anyone interested.
Many of the launch pads from the Mercury and Apollo
era remain "untouched", and since I have a badge and
they are (seem to be anyway) "liberal" about letting
you drive around remote areas and look around, I spend
many lunch hours just driving around the place.
During a shuttle roll-out or launch, you can drive
right up to the launch control building and get the
greatest view.
<sigh> Just hope the current administration doesn't
axe the space program.
I've got a great roll out picture at work that I'll
upload tomorrow.
Katie
--- "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howie,
>
> That pun was so bad it was terrific!
>
> NASA KSC built a huge horizontal building to house
> and protect the Saturn V.
> It's attached to the old Apollo-Saturn control room
> multimedia exhibit which
> has been there for many years. Wonderfully, the
> building is air conditioned.
> They have the restaurant, with a display case
> containing a moon rock (hence
> the name), and a gift shop with Apollo-related
> stuff. (gee that place was
> good at separating me from my $$ <g>.)
>
> There's also a new observation tower near Launch
> Pads 39A and 39B, and a new
> International Space Station visitor exhibit.
> Upstairs, there's a huge
> viewing window into the real ISS Processing
> Facility. When we were there, we
> saw the Canada arm being prepared for shipment up to
> the ISS, plus the
> Italian Leonardo MPLM. Both of these have since
> been launched.
>
> It was really worth going back, seeing how much
> they've improved the visitor
> experience.
>
> Ben
>
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