Any guesses as to where I went this week?

My parents are in the picture for scale.

CC FL?

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
CC FL?

Nope. Although I have been there.

Not sure.

He was last seen posting in this thread.

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/8450025544

Hope he's OK and all...



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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Not sure.

He was last seen posting in this thread.

Hope he's OK and all...

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He is quite well, and back at the hotel.

Well, seeing that your listed location is Round Rock, which is close to the Houston Space Center, I'm going to think outside the box and say Huntsville Space Center.

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Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
Well, seeing that your listed location is Round Rock, which is close to the Houston Space Center, I'm going to think outside the box and say Huntsville Space Center.

Nope. Not Huntsville. But now that I know they have a way nicer building to house a Saturn 5 I'm putting it on my list of places from which I need to post "where am I?" pictures.

If you're into space junk, Space Center Houston is a lot of fun. Went with my dad, who is a pilot and aviation history buff, and my kids (who, being born in the age of the brain sucking smartphone, get bored if they can't skip the commercial in in the first 5 seconds).

For me, it was a moving experience, to see the history of manned space flight. Get a sense of scale for how massive the rockets were, and how tiny the capsules were.

If nothing else, my kids have some sense of appreciation and respect for what was accomplished. And they got some junk from the gift shop, so everybody is happy. Well, except my wife who repeatedly has said "I can't believe you dragged me to Houston in mid August to stand in a metal building to look at a stupid fake rocket. You mean this one didn't even go anywhere? So why are we sweating our asses off to look at it?"

Lol. Perspective.

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:

My parents are in the picture for scale.

I really need to read more carefully.

At first glance, I thought: "What? Why is he selling his parents?"

Johnson Space Center with a Saturn V.

It's been years since I've been to JSC, long enough that the Saturn V didn't have a building.

I know.

Hard to imagine the scale of that machine until you see it in person.

That is one impressive sky rocket.

Houston we have an answer.

My wife and kids spent the day there a few weeks ago while we were in town for a baseball tourney.

I’ve been to Huntsville and KSC recently, so as mentioned that’s gotta be JSC.

 
The Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, which is the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum annex.
 

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Originally posted by henryaz:
 
The Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, which is the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum annex.
 

Udvar-Hazy doesn't have a Saturn V.

KSC, Huntsville, and JSC do (and rightly so). Stennis has a S-II stage that they want to restore and cover as well.

Stennis?

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Originally posted by cne32507:
Stennis Space Center

last year they moved one of the shuttle boosters to the infinity Center from NASA Michoud facility which is down the road from me

Lots of stuff at Stennis including SBT-22. They bring the 10m jet boats over and launch just up the road often through the year