After leaving Bahia Honda, we left for Ft. Lauderdale, where we stayed at Bill and Chris's one last night. The following morning we left for Savannah via Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. Although the exhibits were interesting, the 2-hour bus tour was painfully long and dull. Realistically, the bus rides shouldn't have taken more than an hour. What made it so unnecessarily long was getting on and off the buses. Some sites didn't take more than 5 to 10 minutes to see, so the half-hour long lines to get on another bus were aggravating, especially since we only budgeted about 3 hours to spend at KSC.
At least we got to watch a cool movie on the moon landing and an IMAX 3D movie about a space station narrated by Tom Cruise. A famous Scientologist narrating a movie about space? Xenu would be proud.
Rocket Garden
NASA hosted the stitching of the WTC Flag that day. The original is the largest flag with other flags sewn onto the tattered remains.
Sewing a stitch in the WTC Flag.
Passing time in the waiting line.
The Vehicle Assembly Building in the background is deceptively large. It is the fourth largest building by volume in the world and is where NASA assembled the Space Shuttle and Saturn V rockets.
Space Shuttle's rocket engine
Launching pad
Launching pad with Space Shuttle Discovery
Posing with Space Shuttle off in the distance.
Business end of Space Shuttle rocket engine
Main exhibit building with Apollo, Mercury, and Gemini exhibits
Moon rock -- and everyone wants a piece.
Lunar lander
One of the Apollo capsules
Cargo hold of the Space Shuttle
Rotating stone globe thingy
Sunset at Rocket Garden
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