Skepticism to Inspiration: The US Space & Rocket Center's role in Changing Minds. Huntsville AL

Описание: After this story, you’ll understand why looking at Saturn V Rockets, Space Shuttles, Blue Origin, and SpaceX stuff had such an impact on us and how it could change your family forever. I was skeptical the museum would change my mood and now I am inspired for our future.

The US Space & Rocket Center is located in Huntsville Alabama about 20 minutes East of I-65. This is a great stop for Spring Breakers as it’s about 400 miles North of the Gulf of Mexico. But why is this museum here? Everything the United States knows about Rocket science was developed and improved here in Huntsville at the Redstone Arsenal and now the Marshall Space Flight Center. Did you know Mission Command for the International Space Station is here in Huntsville?

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The entrance is by the A-12 Oxcart supersonic spy aircraft. Similar in design to the SR-71 Blackbird but could fly faster and higher.

What did we discover but installations of Space X, the Atlas program, and Blue Origin all in front and towering above us. This exhibit is the next chapter in the space program. Here the story of the next mission to the moon is detailed with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) as the tallest model in the room. Other pieces include Blue Origin, Spacesuits, and the lunar lander.

Davidson Center for Space Exploration and the home of the Saturn V. Mounted above the museum it’s probably the biggest indoor museum exhibit in the country. The story of how we made it from World War II to the Saturn V is legendary. Wernher Von Braun a German Rocket Engineer was pulled out of Europe by the Americans along with other rocket scientists and fully functional V2 rockets. One of which is in the museum next to his office exhibit. Huntsville Alabama is home to the Redstone Arsenal and Modern day Rocket Technology. Von Braun led the development of rocket science in the United States.

The Apollo 16 Command module is on display at the end of the museum. It is amazing to see the bottom of the capsule and the burned and beaten remains of the heat shield. This capsule successfully protected John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke on their mission to the moon. Young and Duke spent almost 3 days on the lunar surface and got to drive the car around the moon’s surface. They collected over 200 pounds of lunar samples in April of 1972. Therefore, an actual moon rock is on display next to the capsule.

If the shuttle experience isn’t available consider instead the Apollo VR experience, AC Flight Simulator, Multi-Axis Trainer and scuba diving in the UAT Tank.


Timecodes

0:00 Intro
0:24 Rocket Center Location
1:31 Rocket Park
2:45 Gift Shop
3:11 Future of Space Exhibit
4:07 Saturn V Rocket Hall
5:28 Let your Brood Explore!
6:04 Artifacts To Space and Back
6:57 Space Camp Tour
7:35 Shuttle Simulator