Largest McDonalds
Or is it the largest Tourist trap???
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NASA Field trip Concluded
MIT SDM's tribute to NASA
We are thankful to all Shawn and all the NASA staff that made this
experience most memorable.
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NASA Field trip Day 2 12:15-2:30
Appolo/Saturn Center
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NASA Field trip Day 2-2 8:35-1050
Delta in Pad 37
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NASA Field trip Day 2 8:35-1050
Atlas Spaceflight Operations Control Center and Pad 4
NASA has launched about 70-80 un-manned vehicles in space, only a
couple of which have failed. 30-40 launches are planned for the
future.
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NASA Field trip Day1 3:30-4:10
Orbiter Launch Facility
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NASA Field trip Day1 2:40-3:10
Crawler Transporter: Mobile launch platform
These beauties carry the shuttle to the launch site. they travel a
maximum of 2 miles per hour. Carrying masses on them, they crush the
gravel under them. They look like they were straight out from a Star
Wars film. (They would be stuck in the mud if they were to travel
anywhere else) The gravel is specially imported from Arkansas
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NASA Field trip Day1 2:00-2:20
Vehicle Assembly Building
Shown here is the belly of Atlantis, built from Aluminium tiles. Each
tile is unique and is made from strict specifications. We were amazed
to see how light each of these tiles are!
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NASA Field trip Day 1 12:50-2:00
Launch Complex 39B
This facility was used in the Appolo and shuttle missions (Photos from
those missions are displayed below.)
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NASA Field trip Day 1 11:20-12:35
The KSC Conference Center or the 'Beach House'
This cosy little house was used by astraunauts and their families on
the eve of their launch. The basement has a showcase of wine bottles-
souveniers from many trips. Each bottle displays a logo from its
respective trip
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NASA Field trip Day 1 10:35-11:05
The Lauch Control Center
The wall of the lobby (Top,left) display mementos from every launch
from NASA. The lobby also has some artwork, (Top, right), The picture
on the left displays the old control center.
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NASA Field trip Day 1 9:20-10:15
The Space Station Processing Facility(SSPF)
The ISS(International Space Station) is the brightest object in the
night sky, second only to the moon. The SSPF was built in 1995 and is
for supporting the ground operations of the ISS.
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NASA Field trip Day 1
Thanks the Shawn Qwinn, we had a 'once in a lifetime' experience to
get a NASA experience few others get. It was, pardon the cliche, an
'out-of-the-world experience. The day began early, with Shawn's
informative overview of our agenda and NASA.
NASA is divided into four mission directorates,
1. Aeronautics
2. Space Operations (Shuttle)
3. Science (Mars Rover, Hubble, Explorer)
4. Exploration System(Next Space craft)
In 2004 Pres. Bush announced the new Space Exploration Vision.This
includes
* Completion of the space station
* Safely fly the shuttle
* Moon landing by 2010
* Mars landing by 2020
The Kennedy Space Center
* 140,000 acres
* 15000 employees
* 1.6B budget
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