I am getting behind, so I need to get a few posts up.
Yesterday we went to Kennedy Space Center. It is about an hour from our hotel at Disney.
There is so much to do there. The two major items are the bus tour and seeing Atlantis, the shuttle.
First, we went to Heroes and Legends, which is a new presentation. We walked through the rocket garden. Then, we went on the bus tour and heard about the past, present, and future. We saw NASA’s program (it still exists and is trying to get to Mars). We saw the location of Boeing’s and SpaceX’s programs.
I think the best part was going into Apollo Saturn V Center dedicated to the Apollo program. You could spend a lot of time there. It looked just like a Smithsonian. We ate lunch there which was also really good. Afterwards, we went and saw the presentation about Atlantis. I believe there were six shuttles. Two didn’t return, so the other four are located in NYC, LA, D.C., and Kennedy Space Center. We saw an IMAX movie too.
I was reminded of historical events, but what I really learned is that there are some very smart people in the world. Most of the astronauts had advanced degrees in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Also, they did a lot with much less technology than we have now.
Other facts: 400,000 people worked on the Apollo 8 mission. To get to the moon, it cost $24 billion. The International Space Center travels 5 miles for every human heartbeat.
I didn’t know how impressive the site was. I would encourage everyone to spend a day there.
At 5:07 p.m., we watched SpaceX launched the first recycled cargo ship to resupply the ISS from Titusville. I have a movie, but I couldn’t get it uploaded.