Well, not really. We just finally made our way to Space Center Houston. Tom and I both have memories of going to NASA and being slightly disappointed. I imagined it being like the Space Camp movie of the 80's ("Max in space.") and Tom, well, he just wanted more to do. Times have changed, however, still not much like Space Camp. More like George Lucas fest. There was an Indy ropes course and bounce house type obstacle course and a Star Wars laser escape thing that Tom and Lauryn tried. I was able to capture their adventure because the monitors broadcast in the waiting area.
Gone are the space rocks and hello R2D2 and C3PO. Fortunately, we were still able to find a space suit for Lauryn to poke her head through and a simulator that allowed Tom to try to land a shuttle.
One of the coolest things about our timing for this visit is that there is a shuttle in space, docked to the International Space Station. After doing the Blast Off! video, we were able to look at monitors that showed a live feed of mission control (it's just across the street from Space Center), a live feed from the shuttle, and the orbit path of the space station.
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