We more-or-less stuck with the educational side and toured the grounds, astronaut training facilities, Mission Control, and the museums. It amazing to try and wrap your mind around what humans are capable of creating. The idea that a group of people would have enough faith in the brain power of a handful of engineers and rocket scientists to strap themselves onto a piece of metal that contains thousands of gallons of rocket fuel that will propel them into the unknown at 125,000 mph is just crazy. They do have a beautiful memorial on site to the astronauts that have given their lives in the pursuit of space travel. I'll never forget watching the news coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. One other thing I noted was that there was no mention of the recent funding cuts effected by our current President or that because of those cuts the next trip an American will make into space will be on the high ticket price of independent business or by hitching a ride with Russians.
Pawpaw and Brenna waiting for the tram to take us to the Astronaut Training Facilities.
These are all replicas of the International Space Station used for training
Rocket Park
This was the Space Museum. It's one of NASA's robots. It looked more like Iron Man or a Star Wars Space Trooper to me.
Historic Mission Control and Shuttle Cockpit
Brenna didn't make it through the day. She snoozed on that bench in the middle of everything for over and hour.
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