NASA

We visited NASA today, this was on one side of the gate.

And this was on the other.

We took a tram (forgot to take a picture of it) through the grounds and one of the building we visited housed the mission control rooms.  We had to climb quite a ways to get to the one that's open to the public.  There was an elevator available but we decided we didn't need it like some of the others did.

This is the control room they used in the early days, as a matter of fact, they used it for the movie "Apollo 13"

Right down to the red phone.

The next building housed the training center.

They have mock ups of all the equipment.

 This is the huge arm they work with in outer space.  I'm sure that requires alot of training, especially because of the weightlessness.  They said they learn by moving balloons.

Every time an astronaut dies in space, a tree is planted in his name in this orchard.

We then visited Saturn V.

It was huge, we started in the back.

This kind of gives you an idea as to how long it is.

This was closer to the front, showing where another piece falls off.

And of course the very front.

We then went into a museum which included moon rocks.


I finally got to see some Texas Long Horns.  NASA was the last place we expected to see them.


The tour guide on the tram went into a story of why they were there, they are being fed special hormones so they can be trained to "jump over the moon".