After (sadly) leaving Ang and family in Frisco we arrived in Houston.
First stop was Beer-can house. According to 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' over 50,000 cans have been used. That is one thirsty home owner!
We spent the afternoon down at Kemah Boradwalk. And ended up at Joe's Crabshack, for Happy Hour.
Sean, with the original Joe. Texas was the hottest part of our trip, reaching a max of 27C!
Our second day in Houston was spent at the Johnson Space Centre. We spent about 5hrs there, but could have stayed longer. Seems as though a great deal of NASAs funding has been cut lately.
The original 'mission control' centre, which communicated with both Apollo 11 and 13, amongst others.
They told us that Apollo 11 flight guidance computer had a 2.048 MHz CPU, these days you can get ~4 GHz in many home PCs. So 2.048 MHz would be be comparable to what a modern scientific calculator would run on. Amazing, eh?
The current mission control centre.
Within the Startship Gallery. The wheels of the lunar rovers were made of wire mesh.
We also got to touch some actual moon rocks.
Saturn V - This is the only display Saturn consisting entirely of stages intended to be launched. Funding cuts however have forced Saturn V to remain grounded.
Saturn V
Sean in front of the Space Vehicle mock up facility, where astronauts train to use the equipment.
Full scale mock ups of the different sections of the international space station
One of the tiny space capsules the astronauts return to Earth in. Not much space for them in there, pardon the pun.
We also got to go to the Mission Status Center, where a Mission Briefing Officer provided us with live updates on current space flights and astronaut training activities. We also got to see live footage of the astronauts preparing for a space walk at the international space station. Pretty interesting stuff.
First stop was Beer-can house. According to 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' over 50,000 cans have been used. That is one thirsty home owner!
We spent the afternoon down at Kemah Boradwalk. And ended up at Joe's Crabshack, for Happy Hour.
Sean, with the original Joe. Texas was the hottest part of our trip, reaching a max of 27C!
Our second day in Houston was spent at the Johnson Space Centre. We spent about 5hrs there, but could have stayed longer. Seems as though a great deal of NASAs funding has been cut lately.
The original 'mission control' centre, which communicated with both Apollo 11 and 13, amongst others.They told us that Apollo 11 flight guidance computer had a 2.048 MHz CPU, these days you can get ~4 GHz in many home PCs. So 2.048 MHz would be be comparable to what a modern scientific calculator would run on. Amazing, eh?
The current mission control centre.
Within the Startship Gallery. The wheels of the lunar rovers were made of wire mesh.We also got to touch some actual moon rocks.
Saturn V - This is the only display Saturn consisting entirely of stages intended to be launched. Funding cuts however have forced Saturn V to remain grounded.
Saturn V
Sean in front of the Space Vehicle mock up facility, where astronauts train to use the equipment.
Full scale mock ups of the different sections of the international space station
One of the tiny space capsules the astronauts return to Earth in. Not much space for them in there, pardon the pun.We also got to go to the Mission Status Center, where a Mission Briefing Officer provided us with live updates on current space flights and astronaut training activities. We also got to see live footage of the astronauts preparing for a space walk at the international space station. Pretty interesting stuff.
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