For Spring Break we headed to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center. The JSC (thats what those in the know call it) was full of cool artifacts, displays, and tours. We ended up spending a whole day puttering around. Touring the campus really made you envy the people that work there; you can feel their excitement as they describe the work they do. It also made me think back to when NASA was in its infancy, and how electric the atmosphere must have been with everyone working together towards such a fantastic goal. And when you see those tiny capsules at the top of the rockets, you cannot but help feel like those astronauts were total bad asses because there is NO way I would ever agree to take a trip in one of those tin cans. Pride was infectious as we witnessed such amazing achievements in our space program, not only as Americans but as humans. I feel quite strongly that our journey is not over, and it is a shame that our government would like to farm space exploration out to the private sector. Hope everyone had an awesome Spring Break, now bring on summer!
What a shame we have to pass by Brenham on our way to Houston. You know we had to stop for some Blue Bell!
NASA restored the Saturn V rocket, and has it on display in a gigantic warehouse. Seeing this rocket was the boy's favorite thing. It was immense. The capsule was the only part left in it's original condition.
NASA has an enormous underwater training facility. The astronauts train underwater on space equipment, so that they will be ready for their mission in space. We actually saw astronauts training. and they will be going up in the shuttle next month.
On our way home, we checked out Galveston. We found this water marker from Ike. Couldn't figure out why none of the parking meters worked, until Jake ascertained that they had all been underwater!
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Houston! Houston! There are menehunes(Hawaiian Gnomes) in your rockets.
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