A Day at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Last night @corinnestokes saw a friend post on Facebook about this amazing museum in Huntsville, Alabama which is less than 2 hours away. Of course, I responded with, "You want to go tomorrow?"
So here's what we did today on Sunday, June 25th. We had a blast!
When we first showed up, I didn't even realize this is where Space Camp happens! Campers were lining up for that week.
My crew.
At first I thought this was an SR71 but it's actually an A-12. I didn't realize they were different.
The scale of this place and these rockets is so hard to capture with my phone. The are massive!
So much cool stuff inside.
Ever since Star Trek, I was thinking of Voyager 1 as V'ger.
The tour for the ISS was pretty amazing.
Note the caution label: Urine
I allowed myself one selfie with @corinnestokes, though the lighting was terrible.
Well, maybe two selfies if you count my reflection on this one:
Aria was sad in this one because she had lost her stuffed animal (which we warned her not to bring because she might lose it). We ended up retrieving it from the lost and found at the end of the day.
They even had some rides for the little ones.
And for the adults.
The scale of these things... they are just enormous.
There's no way I could capture the magnitude of the Saturn V hall. This entire building could barely hold how massive this rocket is.
Here's the second stage boosters.
This is just the tip (okay, okay, no Archer joke here).
They had all kinds of amazing stuff in here.
I hope you enjoyed this picture journey. If you ever get a chance to visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, I highly recommend it! Also, because we're annual members of the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, we got in for free! Speaking of the Science Center, do you remember when I posted last week about seeing moon rocks (and they were tiny)?
Now, THIS is a moon rock!
To the moon, STEEM. Let's get us some more rocks. :)
I hope you had a great Saturday with your loved ones as well.
That place is so interesting. The size of everything and complexity is what gives a person chills! Thanks for the post
It was so incredible. Hard to capture it with my phone camera.
wow cool. if i got a chance to visit!
we need the reddit version of "banana for scale by unique to steemit."
Any suggestions?
Hahah! That might be fun. I'd need a truckload of banana's to put any scale on these things.
I'd love for Steemit to do something completely new that goes viral. Something people come to Steemit just to experience. I don't want us trying to follow everyone else, but to lead!
What an awesome family adventure! That's an incredible place to visit and I'm glad you managed to find your daughter's toy at the end of the day. Thanks for sharing and definitely STEEM to the moon!!
Steem to the moon!
That looks like a ton of fun! You and the family should check out OMSI if you are ever in the area. https://omsi.edu/ Not always as spectacular as spaceships, but interactive and really fun for the whole family.
Cool! Thanks for the suggestion. We don't get out to Portland much, but we'll keep that in mind if we do!
Awesome photos! I actually won an essay contest when I was younger and got to go to Space Camp! It was my first time being so far from home on my own but it was an amazing and nerdy experience even if I almost crashed the shuttle when the landing gear didn't deploy during our simulation LOL.
Looking at your photos things are a bit different there! I would have to look at my old photographs but IIRC the Saturn rocket that is standing up straight in your photos was laying on its side, and there was no ISS tour (which looks pretty cool!). The only downside was I was a year too young to do the fighter jet stuff heh. If there's interest I can share some of my photos! Pretty sure I have them scanned and saved somewhere! :-)
amazing stuff!!!
I love sci-fi stuff
thanks for the share
woow beautifull would love to visit there also
Great pictures. I pray our country can invest more into the space sector. We need to go to infinity and beyond!
Heck yeah! I think the private sector will make it happen if governments won't. Go SpaceX! :)
Yes I am really excited for Space X. I agree, private sector will take us. I think that is the way it should be. Obama wanted to get rid of private space sector and have the government handle everything in terms of civilian space travel. I dont think that is right. The future is bright @lukestrokes, I hope I will see you on a SpaceX flight one day brother. Steemian powered flight to the moon? So much innovation going on in our world right now blockchains / internet/cars -space flight. Amazing times.
That would be awesome! Steem Powered flights via Steem Millionaires sounds fantastic. :)
I was talking to @corinnestokes today and said "So, do you want to go to Mars? I mean... not right now, but maybe in 30-40 years?" She didn't seem too excited about the idea, but I think eventually it'll be a normal thing, just like flying all over this planet is normal now.
Amazing times indeed. :)
I think that we started evolving far beyond what is normal. Technology is taking a huge leap out of nowhere. For the past two years we have evolved more than the past 15.
Cant wait to see whats the next big thing in 2 3 years.