Request For Nifty Space Places To See...

In central Florida. Obviously, the Cape, the new ( Since the
last time I was there ) Saturn V Museum, et al, but what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Some have been listed here before, but I didn't think to
save those lists. Silly me.

My trip is likely to start in a tad under two weeks.

Thanks, Andre

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On 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, (Andre Lieven)
wrote:

My trip is likely to start in a tad under two weeks.

....Sorry, but thanks to the Homeland Security Act, canuckleheads are
prohibited from visiting the obscure places to see related to the
space program. Those are reserved for us, nyah!

OM

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On or about 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, Andre Lieven made the sensational claim that:
In central Florida. Obviously, the Cape, the new ( Since the
last time I was there ) Saturn V Museum, et al, but what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Well, there's my boyhood home, schools I went to, a now abandoned supermarket
I worked at for 8 years, and, actually ontopic...the first place I ever drank
alcohol was at the entrance to KARS park.

Seriously tho', find a beach access as far north as you can. You can see
a few pads, including the one the last Atlas3B went from.
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OM (om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org) writes:
On 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, (Andre Lieven)
wrote:

My trip is likely to start in a tad under two weeks.

...Sorry, but thanks to the Homeland Security Act, canuckleheads are
prohibited from visiting the obscure places to see related to the
space program. Those are reserved for us, nyah!

Well, I'm grandfathered in, due to having been on the grounds, several
times, back in '92, when I saw the launch of STS-47.

Be nice to the maker of your spacecraft's limbs... g

Andre


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LooseChanj ) writes:
On or about 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, Andre Lieven dg411@FreeNet.
Carleton.CA made the sensational claim that:
In central Florida. Obviously, the Cape, the new ( Since the
last time I was there ) Saturn V Museum, et al, but what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Well, there's my boyhood home, schools I went to, a now abandoned
supermarket I worked at for 8 years, and, actually ontopic...the first
place I ever drank alcohol was at the entrance to KARS park.

Ah, the LC Memory Tour... But, I intend to make my own memories,
along with the company of my new fine lady... :-)

Seriously tho', find a beach access as far north as you can. You can see
a few pads, including the one the last Atlas3B went from.

This would be north of the LC-39 area, or south of it ?

Andre

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On or about 12 Jan 2004 01:54:56 GMT, Andre Lieven made the sensational claim that:
Ah, the LC Memory Tour... But, I intend to make my own memories,
along with the company of my new fine lady... :-)

Well, there's the parking lot of the first baptist church where I...uh, time
to stop.

Seriously tho', find a beach access as far north as you can. You can see
a few pads, including the one the last Atlas3B went from.

This would be north of the LC-39 area, or south of it ?

Very south. I know the last Atlas launch was the first time I've been able
to see the pad from the beach. I have no idea what the view from north of
KSC is like, but do hit the Fat Boy's in Tidybowl for a good view of the
VAB.

You know, I just thought of something...I bet you can see the EELV pads from
528. I'll let y'all know next launch. :-)
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In article , dg411
@FreeNet.Carleton.CA says...
what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Although not technically a space thing, the highlight of my trip to
Florida last spring was a joy ride in a WW-II training aircraft, a North
American AT-6. Despite never having touched a control stick, they had me
flying wing-overs, loops and other aerobatics within minutes of taking
off. See http://www.warbirdadventures.com/ for details.

If you do this, get the pictures. $20 for a short roll of film may seem
steep, but the pictures are worth a lot more than what they cost.

We started to do a Cuban Eight, but my stomach started complaining.
Rather than getting airsick, we did some simple stable flying for a bit
and I got in the pattern to land behind, so help me, a P-51. (The real
pilot took over all the controls at this point.)

If you've got the bucks, you can have a joyride in that P-51 from the
same airport: http://www.stallion51.com/home.cfm

At the same airport is a fascinating museum that restores old airplanes:
http://www.warbirdmuseum.com/. This alone is worth the trip from Disney
World.

To get back on-topic: go to MGM/Disney and ride Tower of Terror. Short
of renting the Vomit Comet, it is the best way most of us will have to
experience Zero-G.

Disney and Universal have something called Express Pass -- use it or
spend hours waiting in line. Better yet, get and read The Unofficial
Guide to Disney World. Follow its advice and save many many hours of
waiting in line. I went to Universal's Men In Black ride and saw the
sign that said the queueing time was two hours. Ninety minutes later,
following the book's advice, I had ridden the ride three times!
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Kevin Willoughby lid

Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work
for test pilots. -- Mike Collins

Kevin Willoughby wrote:

To get back on-topic: go to MGM/Disney and ride Tower of Terror. Short
of renting the Vomit Comet, it is the best way most of us will have to
experience Zero-G.

There's the new "Space" centrifuge ride at EPCOT as well.
They even have barf bags for your convenience.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guide...fw-mission.htm

On 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, (Andre Lieven) wrote:

In central Florida. Obviously, the Cape, the new ( Since the
last time I was there ) Saturn V Museum, et al, but what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Some have been listed here before, but I didn't think to
save those lists. Silly me.

My trip is likely to start in a tad under two weeks.

Thanks, Andre

Hmmm... (Been saying that a lot lately.) These are probably too far for
the time you have. But, off the top of my head:

Weeki Watchi, Spring of Live Mermaids (probably too far north)
Ross Allen's Reptile Institute (probably too far south)

Also, Weeki Watchi is a tourist trap, of course. If you remember that
scene from "The Right Stuff" when Gus (?) went swimming in the hotel tank,
you'll get the idea.

There are a lot of things to see in the close vicinity of Orlando. More
tourist traps (like the wax museum) as well as historic sites. A Web search
would turn them up, I'm sure. (Probably you've already done that.) As for
advice on bars and restaurants, I'll defer to locals. It's been eight years
since I spent time in Florida.

Chris W

Christopher P. Winter ) writes:
On 11 Jan 2004 20:19:56 GMT, (Andre Lieven) wrote:

In central Florida. Obviously, the Cape, the new ( Since the
last time I was there ) Saturn V Museum, et al, but what of
holes in the walls kinds of places that aren't on the Disney
A list types of public places ?

Some have been listed here before, but I didn't think to
save those lists. Silly me.

My trip is likely to start in a tad under two weeks.

Thanks, Andre

Hmmm... (Been saying that a lot lately.) These are probably too far
for the time you have. But, off the top of my head:

Weeki Watchi, Spring of Live Mermaids (probably too far north)
Ross Allen's Reptile Institute (probably too far south)

Also, Weeki Watchi is a tourist trap, of course. If you remember that
scene from "The Right Stuff" when Gus (?) went swimming in the hotel tank,
you'll get the idea.

There are a lot of things to see in the close vicinity of Orlando. More
tourist traps (like the wax museum) as well as historic sites. A Web search
would turn them up, I'm sure. (Probably you've already done that.) As for
advice on bars and restaurants, I'll defer to locals. It's been eight years
since I spent time in Florida.

Thanks. The kinds of places I am most interested in, is publically obscure
space related places, aside from the well known places like the actual
Cape, and it's museums and exhibits.

Most of the time, I'll be just north of Tampa, so places around
there would fit in. The lady I'll be seeing there, and the seeing of
whom is the point of the trip, is reasonably conversant with her
area.

Andre

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