If athletes get Athlete's Foot, what do astronauts get?
Missile toe.
Blogging has been sparse because we went to Cape Canaveral to see a rocket launch. It was (ahem) a blast. It was also made more enjoyable by the visit of The Silicon Graybeard and Mrs. The Silicon Graybeard who live over on this side of the State. He is exactly the same in life as on his blog, and the two of them mixed equal portions of graciousness and wicked-smartness.
Yesterday was spent at the Kennedy Space Center which was way more interesting than I had expected. Their display of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is not to be missed, and has perhaps the most dramatic and theatrical entrance to the exhibit that I've ever experienced. Well done, NASA.
Oh, and the Visitor's Center is 100% funded by entrance fees, so once again well done, NASA.
Got to see the space shuttle that is on display in Huntsville at the Space & Rocket Center there. It was one that was used in testing by being dropped from the 747 transport and it never went to space. I was shocked at the size of it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you trip and visit with Silicon Graybeard went well. I enjoy his blog also.
Yeah, but kind of a bummer when NASA's best-maintained space vehicle is a static display for visitors.
ReplyDeleteWhich tells you everything you need to know about NASA's utility.
And FWIW, we should come up with a price for NASA, and sell it to Branson and Musk at cost with a 50/50 partnership deal, and let them sell stock on the open market, with a proviso that 60% of it had to be retained by American interests and corporations in perpetuity.
ReplyDeletePart out the military necessities to the Air Farce at Vandenberg, get the government mostly out of the biz, and call it good.
the Visitor Center is impressive indeed. I haven't been since Atlantis went on display.
ReplyDeleteI once got to see all 4 shuttles in their storage hanger at the Vehicle Assembly Building. They hung them from the ceiling like coats in a closet. It was a strange sight.