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Space Center Houston

Posted by jmenning | 1st July 2009

(NOTE: This entry does not actually describe something I saw or did today. I'm just testing this service out, and I grabbed a random picture to talk about. If I like the service, better stuff will come!)

Periodically, I wind up with friends or family at Space Center Houston.

For those who don't know, Space Center Houston is the public face for the Houston Space Center, NASA's complex of research, training, and building facilities south of Houston. It's a pretty neat place.

There's movies and static exhibits like a museum with replicas (and a few of the "real thing") of space capsules and other vehicles, lunar rovers, and so on. You can touch moon rock, read news clippings, and basically get an overview of the space program since its inception. There are video games - landing the shuttle, or docking with ISS, and a few other things. And some cool, interactive exhibits that are always there, and still entertain.

There's also two facility tours, where you can see things

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