Kennedy Space Center- January 4th

All of Andy's dreams came true- two days at the Kennedy Space Center and lunch at the World's Largest McDonald's.  I am sure there are some major repercussions for having all of your dreams fulfilled in one day, but still we soldier on....

 Words can not express how awe-inspiring this is- the Saturn V rocket is HUGE.

 NASA loves it's acronyms and after two days we could throw them around with the best of them.  For instance, the huge building on the right is the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) where they connect  the rocket boosters to an orbiter and an external fuel tank- Viola! a space shuttle.

One small step for man...

Our first alligator sighting- from the tour bus is close enough for me.

We finally found something with worse gas mileage than our motorhome.  The "Crawler" that transports the shuttle to the launch pad gets 47 feet to the gallon.

 Down the road from the Space Center is the Astronaut Hall of Fame.  In addition to the "Hall"  they have interactive games for the kids (and the kid in all of us), videos, and a G-force simulator. 

 

The kids were feeling great about taking on the 4Gs in the simulator until we read an astronaut's quote about the 16Gs they were exposed to several times a day in training.

What???  I can't hear you....

 

 

As the launch date keeps getting pushed back further and further, we have our fingers crossed we will see 

STS-133 before we leave Florida in March.