Cape Canaveral
Posted: March 10th, 2009 | Author: Don | Filed under: Misc, Wonder | Tags: aneurysm, Apollo Space Craft, Astronaut, blood pressure, brain, Cape Canaveral, Discovery, high blood pressure, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, space, Space Shuttle, surgery | 2 Comments »For the past 4+ weeks I have been up visiting with Debbie (a very special person in my life!) who was recently diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. She should have had her surgery already, but had high blood pressure, so it was put off until April 23rd. Anyway, on the way back, I decided, since I was getting back to the area later in the day than I needed to in order to do some errands that I would stop by Cape Canaveral and tour the Kennedy Space Center.
I enjoyed the 4ish hours I spent there. I only saw a SMALL portion of what I wanted to see, as I ran out of time, but it was cool seeing Discovery on the launch pad:
True we couldn’t get very close, but it was still cool.
I highly recommend that if you are in the area, and have $90ish to spare per person, that you take the general admission and the “Then and Now” tour as well, between the two, you will see some great history and history in the making! HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it!
If you have an extra $23, go to meet and eat with an Astronaut too!
For more pictures, go here! Enjoy!
Well now that just looks AWESOME! I love space – I wanted to be an astronaut. The closest I got was launching high-altitude weather balloons in college.
Still praying for you and Debbie.
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That is closer than many get!! Was it fun analyzing the data and working with the balloon?
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