Greetings friends,
A few days ago I was given the opportunity to visit the Huntsville Space Center. For you space buffs out there, you will know that Huntsville was an important part of the space race. It was here that a lot of the rocket research was conducted by Werner Von Braun and his team. Von Braun was a German scientist who worked on the V-2 rocket in World War II. At the end of the war he escaped with many German scientists to the USA. In the US, he and his team were critical in the US success during the space race with Russia. Anyway, I thought I would share some pictures I took while I was at the space center.
If you ever get there, try out the weightless ride. It is a ride that shoots you straight up in the air several times to give you a few seconds of feeling weightless. The ride is fun and does not cost any extra from the cost of admittance to the Space Center.
Another thing to do, which is easy to overlook; you can get into a mercury capsule to see what it was like in such a small space. The switches all work, so it gives you a feel of actually operating an early ship in space.
There are also a variety of Imax shows playing at different times of the day. I saw one which gave you the feel of what it is like to walk on the moon. I love Imax so I recommend you seeing such shows if you get the chance.
My great thanks go to Charles Edgar for giving me the ticket to the Space Center and the Imax theater show while I was there.
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