Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rocket Center, Alabama

Tuesday we toured the "Rocket Center" in Huntsville, AL.
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We started with the "Mercury" capsules. They sure are small.
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The "Gemini" capsules are not much larger. They held 2 people.
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Huntsville was a "Cotton" town in the 40's.
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The large Saturn rockets.
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The way to go to the "Moon".
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The lander .
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The "Apollo" capsules. Roomy but three people in there.
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The "Rocket Center" was a great time re-living that part of history.

2 comments:

Kathy said...

My husband would have loved that! What a great place to visit. Blessings, K

Chuck and Anneke's RV travels said...

We have pasted this place by a number of times, each time saying we will get to it soon.

Thanks for the tour, we will have to try harder.