Today we moved into Texas and went to the space center for a tour. We saw the Control Center – the old one and the one from which they made a replica for the movie Apollo 13. The head of the Control Center is the one in complete control of the mission – “Houston, we have a problem.” There are ongoing simulations going on in the present day Control Center, as well as in this huge warehouse looking building that houses shuttles, robots, capsules for training purposes. Astronauts practice weightlessness in a 3-story swimming pool. They lose a lot of body mass while in space. Picture here of Saturn V also – it’s amazing the complexity of this massive piece of equipment – rocket engines and all.
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