It was probably the most interesting thing I have ever done. I love the space program and really like the cold war era tech and history.

I went with a club I am in at UCF, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, aka SEDS and Florida Space gave us the tour.

We spent all day at the complex. We started off at one of the first launch complexes(cant remember the number or name) but I think the Gemini program started at it. It was a really cool old bunker with the old computer system still in it. What I really liked was the way they measured the amound of LOX in the rocket, an overblown bathroom scale. Once I get pics up someone will know which I am talking about.

after that we moved onto the platform John Glenn rocketed off into space with the Mercury program. Its sad since the only part left was the concrete ramp. The tower was dismantled and the bunker was refurb'd and made into a banquet hall or something.

Then we went to hallowed ground. The site of the Apollo 1 incident. It was eerie. The tower was gone and just the concrete structure and flame deflectors were left. The plaque and a flower wreath.The whole time I was there all I could think of were the three men that died.

After that we went to the OIC building I think thats what its called. But we visited the applied physics lab to see what they do, which is pretty awesome and what I like doing, as well as rode in the same elevator the astronauts rode today to go through the same double doors all of the past astronauts went through to hitch a ride in the transport to the pad.

After that space florida was done so we took our badges and went back to explore the complex. We managed to get very very close to the shuttle launch pad and VAB(but not inside.. arrr). The crawler and shuttle platform were still at the launch tower and it was pretty cool.

other than that it was an amazing experience. I'll be working on the pics I took but for now here is a taste of whats to come




I missed a lot of cool stuff because I was just inspecting things or marveling in it all but I really wish I had more time on this kind of tour