Up early and on the bus to the Kennedy Space Center and what a great day it was. Our first stop was to view the shuttle Atlantis which is on display. You can see the Canada Arm extended to the right of the space shuttle.
Tom got to the controls of a shuttle mock up and got to check out what it would be like to move through the space station.
Once assembled the rocket would be moved to the launch pad on the crawler-transporter. This machine has 8 tracks and moves at the whopping speed of 1 mile per hour and burns 1 gallon of fuel every 32 feet. It moves down a 130' wide double pathway to the launch pad.
file picture of Saturn V being moved by the crawler |
It was not moving today |
The launch pad is a massive area. The crawler would move the rocket 3.5 miles to lunch pad 39A.
Launch Pad 39A |
file picture of the Discovery on the crawler positioned at the launch pad...man that would be something to see!! |
At the Apollo/Saturn V Center we visited the Firing Room Theater where they actually launched the Apollo. These are all the stations where the men sat ensuring the launch was going as planned.
Back for a walk through the Rocket Garden before heading to our bus for the return trip to the resort.
The bus driver decided since it was dinner time we would stop at the Cracker Barrel on the way home for a bite to eat. Not my favourite place but it filled the void.
We could have spent many more hours at the Kennedy Space Center. There were more things to see than there was time. But it was a great day. Maybe we will take tomorrow off!!! Until next time - safe travels.
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