I saw Atlantis on Monday, July 22, for my birthday! She was amazing! I felt myself tremble as the screen was being raised. After building models for so many years of the shuttles, I really had not anticipated how big they are! We took an Up-Close tour of the VAB and Pad 39A that day, so we were pressed for time and didn't get to see all of the exhibits in the Atlantis building, but with the year pass, we will return and I will take many more pictures.Link to my pictures:http://s947.photobucket.com/user/Ronpur/slideshow/AtlantisOne final thought, while I enjoyed seeing her, I would rather see her flying again!
Hello Ronpur50. I really enjoyed your pictures!
Quote from: Overflow on 07/26/2013 06:24 pmHello Ronpur50. I really enjoyed your pictures!Thanks, Overflow! I really enjoyed yours as well. She is amazing, isn't she?
Quote from: Overflow on 07/31/2013 10:35 pmAwesome, got goose bumps... Thanks for sharing it with us.
Great tribute! Makes me wish I was back there to see her again!
Great video, Although I did fast forward through the part where you took a video of the movie they play, I do not want to know what that movie looks like till I see it in person
I know there's radio ads going on, but I had no idea KSCVC even went with roadside advertisements.
Quote from: Overflow on 08/04/2013 11:13 pmI know there's radio ads going on, but I had no idea KSCVC even went with roadside advertisements.They've had versions on I-95 coming down from Jacksonville and I believe I-75 in the Georgia / Florida border area for years.
They're on I-95 south of Jacksonville, too. I think there were always KSC billboards on the interstates in Florida but they've been rebranded as Atlantis billboards in the last month or so.Of course, there are still five Ron Jon Surf Shop billboards for every KSC billboard... :-)My favorite ad campaign was for St. Augustine, though. "40 miles of beaches and the rest is History." Brilliant!
I saw Atlantis this past weekend - my party did the mega tour (VAB and LC 39A) so we were pressed for time by the time we reached Atlantis (less than an hour before closing). Like the carnivorousness of the VAB (the transfer aisle is that long), one thing that I learned was that pictures don't do justice was the vastness of the TPS. I've seen dozens of pictures of the underside of the shuttle, but once you get an actual look, and see the size of the vehicle itself, you get a context of what that many tiles looks like. I liked the, admittedly more glamorous top views (though is there any way to get a good look at the top of the right wing?) but I was surprised how I ended up more impressed by the underside. Ironically I've gone to Florida to see an orbiter, before visiting the one an hour away (Enterprise). So far my only view of her was under her deflated tent, during a wacky commute to work, post-Sandy.