I've always wondered why they created a situation that required bus tours to go see the Saturn V Center. Was it built before the Visitor Center or was there some technical reason that they couldn't move the Saturn V to the Visitor Center area?
I bet the S-IC couldn't make it there via road.
Quote from: spacecane on 08/16/2011 04:29 pmI've always wondered why they created a situation that required bus tours to go see the Saturn V Center. Was it built before the Visitor Center or was there some technical reason that they couldn't move the Saturn V to the Visitor Center area?I bet the S-IC couldn't make it there via road.
Quote from: Jim on 08/16/2011 04:38 pmQuote from: spacecane on 08/16/2011 04:29 pmI've always wondered why they created a situation that required bus tours to go see the Saturn V Center. Was it built before the Visitor Center or was there some technical reason that they couldn't move the Saturn V to the Visitor Center area?I bet the S-IC couldn't make it there via road.How did they get the SRB Casings and Shuttle ET over there? I would think there would have been some way using multiple cranes to get down the road with the S-IC.
Quote from: spacecane on 08/17/2011 02:44 amQuote from: Jim on 08/16/2011 04:38 pmQuote from: spacecane on 08/16/2011 04:29 pmI've always wondered why they created a situation that required bus tours to go see the Saturn V Center. Was it built before the Visitor Center or was there some technical reason that they couldn't move the Saturn V to the Visitor Center area?I bet the S-IC couldn't make it there via road.How did they get the SRB Casings and Shuttle ET over there? I would think there would have been some way using multiple cranes to get down the road with the S-IC.They are not real......
How did they get the SRB Casings and Shuttle ET over there? I would think there would have been some way using multiple cranes to get down the road with the S-IC.
They are not real......
The SRB casings are actually filament wound booster casings (inert, of course) that were to be used as pathfinders at Vandenberg. They, too, were painted to match the real deals.
Quote from: alk3997 on 08/17/2011 01:48 pmThe SRB casings are actually filament wound booster casings (inert, of course) that were to be used as pathfinders at Vandenberg. They, too, were painted to match the real deals.Those are the ones at USSRC, not KSC.
Quote from: Jim on 08/17/2011 01:50 pmQuote from: alk3997 on 08/17/2011 01:48 pmThe SRB casings are actually filament wound booster casings (inert, of course) that were to be used as pathfinders at Vandenberg. They, too, were painted to match the real deals.Those are the ones at USSRC, not KSC.Here's one of my photos of the tank before it got painted (I believe the date on the photo is accurate). This is in the back of the visitors center parking lot.OK, Rookie, my memory is that those SRBs had black segments with steel segments as well (kind of a mutt). If those aren't filament would segments, what are they? Or did they just create black fill-in segments and then used inert steel casings?
I remember the days where you could walk right in to the visitor center for free, see most of the exhibits but had to pay to see the movies and do the tours. This is how I remember them making their money back in the day so I can see how this would be a reason. Ah, the days I’d ride my motorcycle and practically park right up to the front door and walk in.
When Delaware North took over the visitor's center it led to some complaints from people who objected to being charged for access to things that used to be free. Although they had a point, DN clearly improved the entire experience substantially.That said, when I visited there in July I was struck by how obsolete many of the displays were--not through the company's fault, but due to changes in the US space program. There were many displays about shuttle and Constellation, both of which are now defunct. The company will have to make a lot of changes there. At the very least they'll have to change a lot of signs to refer to things in the past tense.