JSC Visit Golden Ticket

Wow. Finally had the opportunity to visit the new Space Center Houston, and
the Johnson Space Center itself again, after 34 years. They've done a big
facelift on the whole visitor program recently. The top of the line "Level 9
Tour," (so-named because the Director's office is on the ninth floor), is
well worth the price of U.S. $ 63 a head. We had a full complement of space
geeks in our group: several educators, old 60s space kids (my demographic),
and three visiting Europeans.

Currently they only do three of these a week, and sell just 12 tickets at a
time. This gets you the air-conditioned van, versus the open tram car, but
most importantly a VIP badge with access to operational and training
facilities - oh yeah, and lunch in the Bldg 3 astronaut cafeteria. Our
guide was a retired engineer, and she not only knowledgable, she showed us a
couple of spots not "officially" included.

Here's my account of the trip if you'd care to take a look. It's written in
"Holy Crap, I'm standing in Mission Control" style, so please allow for that
:-)

http://whizzospace.com/museum/museum11.htm

JW

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