Therr are a ton of different tours listed. Any suggestions for best way to spend one day there? Thanks.
Way OT: Going to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday
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Great place. Be ready for the National Anthem to blast at 9:00. AM. It will wake you up. Definitely take the tour around the launch area. Little bit of a wait but well worth it. The commentary from the tour guide is great. Incredible to see live all those images which you've seen on TV, like the assembly building.
I don't think you need a tour to see anything around the main entrance, like the museum or rocket garden. Very walkable and you can do it at your own pace. Save your time for the other side. Definitely a full day of activity.
I don't think you need a tour to see anything around the main entrance, like the museum or rocket garden. Very walkable and you can do it at your own pace. Save your time for the other side. Definitely a full day of activity.
Since I live close by, been quite a few times. Can't necessarily tell you how to spend an entire day, but I highly recommend the Saturn V Center. They have an actual Saturn V rocket hanging from the ceiling, and it really is something to behold. Also many other Apollo relics there. Best attraction by far there IMHO.
If they still have it, the space shuttle launch simulator was cool. It's a Disney like ride into space from inside the space shuttle. If you have a problem with sea-sickness, be wary though. You'll have a great time, the place is fantastic.
The absolute best way is as an astronaut there for a shuttle launch.
Barring that, you can't go wrong with any of the previous suggestions.
I've shared this story before.
A friend of mine works for the CIA verifying nuke missile guidelines. He hosted a bunch of russians in FL and on an off day, arranged to have the ruskies visit the launch area.
The top manager gave them the tour, this is like 10 or 15 years ago now. When they viewed the hanger, tracks and launch pad they stopped for questions.
One of the russian engineers asked why the shuttle lunches then turns over on its back. the manager said that there were two different firms that built the assembly area and the launch pad. When it was near completion, they realized that the assembly area and launch pad were 180 degrees wrong. So they looked at how to engineer a turn or rebuild the pad or assembly hanger.
The russian engineer laughed so hard they had to wait for him to calm down. He said he was one of the lead engineers on the russian version of the shuttle. they had a team of four engineers spend months trying to figure out why the shuttle rotated in the initial launch. They couldn't figure it out but figured the US engineers knew more than they did. So they engineered the Russian shuttle to turn just like the US one did.
A friend of mine works for the CIA verifying nuke missile guidelines. He hosted a bunch of russians in FL and on an off day, arranged to have the ruskies visit the launch area.
The top manager gave them the tour, this is like 10 or 15 years ago now. When they viewed the hanger, tracks and launch pad they stopped for questions.
One of the russian engineers asked why the shuttle lunches then turns over on its back. the manager said that there were two different firms that built the assembly area and the launch pad. When it was near completion, they realized that the assembly area and launch pad were 180 degrees wrong. So they looked at how to engineer a turn or rebuild the pad or assembly hanger.
The russian engineer laughed so hard they had to wait for him to calm down. He said he was one of the lead engineers on the russian version of the shuttle. they had a team of four engineers spend months trying to figure out why the shuttle rotated in the initial launch. They couldn't figure it out but figured the US engineers knew more than they did. So they engineered the Russian shuttle to turn just like the US one did.
